lol. 🙂
;) that is true indeed.
I've still got all of the hand drafting tools here at _ork as well, but,
most sit unused in my drafting table... the only 'antique' from those
days I still use is the electric eraser. That think is frickin awesome!
Melanie Perry
***not all who wander are lost***
http://mistressofthedorkness.blogspot.com
rwblalock wrote:
>> In fact, I'll still got all of my Great-Grandfather's things (he was a
>> civil engineer, I think? He was retired by the time I was born). Slide
>> rule, french curves, t-square, eraser shield and various templates,
>> etc.
>> Cool stuff.
>
> Cool indeed! Our CAD Manager and I were talking about this just last week. I have an old eraser shield that is thin and deformed from all of the erasing,,,not from mistakes, mind you, but from revisions. =:-)
>
> I got my first job, which was meant to be temporary, because I could hand letter and draw about 10x faster than the other draftsman who used leroy. Some who wander are lost but don't really care.