“Drafting?” No, we didn’t call it that. It was “Industrial Arts”. I remember taking in 7th grade. And a few of us took the second semester Industrial Arts rather than shop due to scheduling issues.
That was back in 1973-4. It was one of my favorite classes as well. I still draw up schematics on grid paper with a pencil. Old fashioned in this modern day, but still fun, and just as rewarding for my simple designs. > On Apr 24, 2021, at 1:08 AM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > > OK, I've really dated myself now. > > 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. > > 45 years later, we're using tools we couldn't have imagined. Modeling > circuits and objects with millions of parameters and vectors, realizing them > in virtual space, manipulating them in real time. ... > > Here's to those moments, and to that timeless pursuit: turning abstractions > into reality. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa...@arrl.net Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
