Works great!!

A simple hack to turn your 3D printer into a plotter. Read the full guide here:
https://medium.com/@urish/how-to-turn-your-3d-printer-into-a-plotter-in-one-hour-d6fe14559f1a

I made a very simple add-on to my printer which allowed me to temporarily convert my 3D printer to a plotter without having to unmount anything from the print head.
I spent more time on discovering these new capabilities of my 3D printer than on optimizing the part, so feel free to remix and improve!
The big advantage of this sloppy rubber-band approach is that the flexibility in the bands allows for unevenness of the print surface as well as prevents the whole thing snapping while homing. This also leaves the Z-probe working which enables printing on thicker materials (wood, leather, a book or the back of your laptop).
I started with fixating it with painterstape too but that proved not to be required. Also make sure you empty the extruder BEFORE you start. The printer firmware should prevent you from cold-extruding but better make sure. On creality printers (at least the Ender 3) the cooling fan in the electronics is coupled with the part-cooling fan. So make sure you turn that on (M106 S255) to avoid over…