Any Old Draftsmen out there?

[lowell holmes]

I have two Fugle lead pointers on my desk. I occasionally will put a point on a drafting pencil.

Are there any others out there old draftsmen out there? Just curious. . .

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Yes. I designed my father's remodel of an old home when I was just in high school- all done on vellum and pencil. He gave me a drafting table and drafting machine for Christmas. (The kind that keeps the ruler at a given angle using pulleys as you move it across the table.) I still have that drafting machine. I was taking a drafting class. When I say "designed," I really mean I did the layout and wiring scheme and not all the structural, as it was just a remodel. My payment for the work was I got to put a 10x12 darkroom, which I also got to design from scratch. Now I am really dating myself.

Although I have embraced CAD for my surfboard and boat designs, I still prefer to draw thumbnails by hand, and furniture is done by hand.

[James Pallas]

I still have drafting table and all the tools. I don't do any drafting anymore. I still find the tools and pencils very handy for layout work. Squares, triangles. French curves are very accurate layout tools.
Jim

[george wilson]

I started teaching drafting ,woodworking,and metal working in 1963.. Taught till 1970,always including drafting.

When we bought this house,I spent 2 weeks designing the building for our(my wife's and mine) workshop,which is the same size as the house. Actually a bit larger. I still used pencil,and Caslon Vidalon drafting vellum.

[Ted Calver]

Never used a fugle. Still use the Leitz for precision points. Although I run AutoCad and SketchUp, the onionskin on my drafting table gets all the creative ideas first.

[William Adams]

Was taught a modicum of drafting in high school shop class --- still likely to sketch anything out on paper first.

[Jim Ritter]

Hand drafting for me. Been doing it since the late seventies. I tried to use CAD but just couldn't get the hang of it so it slowed me down. I see the advantages of it but I'll just carry on.
So yes several different pointers, drafting sets, and a couple of different drawing boards with the drafting arms or track on the big one.
Jim

[Derek Cohen]

A battery powered Faber Castell in bakelite on the left, which was my late father's. He was an architect. Prior to my education as a clinical psychologist, I trained in the building industry, and one area involved drafting the old way.



One the right is the lead pointer I use all the time, a Gedess ...



Regards from Perth

Derek

[John K Jordan]

I did paper, vellum, pencil, and ink until CAD. I have lots of drawing tools, boards, and drafting table and other things that probably belong in a museum with my slide rules. My favorite tools are a couple of very well crafted hardwood triangles, 45 and 30/60.

Some of my tools are quite useful now for designing and laying out patterns for chip carving.

JKJ

[Al Launier]

Myself as well. I used this one when I was a draftsman at GE on the Tool & Die Makers Apprentice program in the early1960s. Along with this I still have the mechanical pencils, drafting triangles, protractor, drafting set, and even a K&E slide rule. I'd have to take a refresher course on the K&E if I wanted to use it again. Ah, the 'ol days.

[Roger Nair]

I'll cop to old but never to being a draftsman, however I would draw and use 3d modeling software to further my timber framing work. I originally used a students drafting kit to workout detailing and basic building plans. Around 1992 I bought into FormZ beta release and began producing dot matrix drawings and I started the expense of unending upgrades. In the late 1990's with the advent of Ebay, I started down the pathway of old professional drafting tools. The star of my collection is a Bruning track drafting machine (gloat) purchased for $20. I evolved into detailing and problem solving by old school drafting, while using the computer for the overall modeling of the frame.

[lowell holmes]

board2.jpg

I have one of these in my office. I'll give it up when I pass on.

And that is not going to be for a long time. I just returned from my morning 2 mile walk.

I suspected there are alot of draftsmen in this group. I think they gravitate to wood working.

[James Tibbetts]

I still have all my drafting stuff but it's packed away. Digital now. And, like Al, still have my K&E slide rule.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

board2.jpg

I have one of these in my office. I'll give it up when I pass on.

And that is not going to be for a long time. I just returned from my morning 2 mile walk.

I suspected there are alot of draftsmen in this group. I think they gravitate to wood working.

That's a real beauty! When I get a shop with more room I intend to build something like that.

[Jim Koepke]

I have been employed as a drafter many years ago, back when it was commonly listed as a draughtsman.

My pencil pointers vary from the ones at the top of the Stedlar/Mars pencils to a hand held device. There is also one that sits on a table and another on the end of my electric eraser. Occasionally a piece of old sandpaper is used.

For fun a few years back I made some 30/60 triangles to use for drawing:

30º - 60° Triangle.jpg

The fat one works as a saw guide, doesn't get used much of late.

I also made a larger pair that is used to support my drafting board on my bench. I can't find a picture of those at present.

jtk