Instrument for Drafting Archimedean Spiral

When green wedge moves, the blue pen traces on glass disk an Archimedean spiral.
The disk rotates due to the friction with the wedge (using rack-gear drive here is better)
Separation distance of traced Archimedean spiral t = πD.tan(α)
D: outer diameter of the disk.
α: wedge angle.

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