Yep, did the mechanical dwgs by hand and taped the artwork for the PCBs for
the first few products I designed at a startup. When I built my K2 in 00/01, I
used a drafting table that had a drafting machine as a work bench and my first
operating desk. I had gotten it from work when they were ditching them and
going totally digital. I remember our new CAD workstations being a big deal
because they had 80286 processors!
Lou W7HV
On Saturday, April 24, 2021, 3:13:48 PM MDT, David Thompson via Elecraft
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 23, 2021, at 22:08, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Anyone remember "drafting"? A favorite class in high school: blueprints,
> mechanical drawings, schematics, straight edges, hand lettering, projections
> and elevations. We invented things to draw that weren't real, but looked like
> they should be. Did all the math by hand -- on a slide rule, if necessary.
> Day-dreamed about what we might one day build.
Afternoon sir (and the group),
I still have my Dietzgen drafting set from high school, circa 1970. That was
the only drafting class that I ever had, but I made a living as a drafter and
design technician for a number of years. I then supplemented my income while in
college preparing camera-ready drawings for graduate students and faculty
members at university.
My Koh-I-Nor technical pens are still in the case (in a box in the garage)
along with a set of Leroy lettering templates, including Greek symbols. I can
still run a Leroy bug.
That drafting class led me to a career in engineering. I still hand draw
sketches for analytical work. Although it’s been a long time since I drew an
isometric.
Fun stuff… thanks for making me remember…
David Thompson, AG7TX
Jack of All Trades
Master of None
CWOps #2861
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