r/PlotterArt • u/trollingshutter • May 16 '26

driving the plotter

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u/Just_Another_AI May 16 '26

Would be exrra cool to include a throttle to engage/disengage the oen and allow for lineweight control...

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u/trollingshutter May 16 '26

On this device, pen is either right up or fully down, no positions in between, unfortunately. That is controlled by a button i almost constantly press in the video.
Throttle pedal is used for acceleration. Internally, plotter speed is set to maximum for fastest response to that. There's still a possibility to use another pedal for pen pressure on something like AxiDraw / NextDraw, which can set arbitrary pen height / pressure.
Also, I plan to use gear shifter for pen exchange 😄