Funny, mine looks very similar, including a 6" metal ruler.

 

That's cheating. Yours has a dial on it. Mine which I still use doesn't have a dial.

 

Not cheating if it works.

 

That's cheating. Yours has a dial on it. Mine which I still use doesn't have a dial.

well I don't know if it's cheating or not (whatever does the job)... but it's certainly not digital...
EDIT: come to think of it... it's not a real Vernier scale either...

 

Hello,

And what about the compass drawing tool:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_(drawing_tool)

Bertus

 

Hello,

And what about the compass drawing tool:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_(drawing_tool)

Bertus

Remember all the space that a drawing board and its utensils used to take? Not to mention the storage of all those drawings... man, we were the last generation to actually have a room where the scrolls were kept...

 

Blueprint

 

Blueprint

Carbon copy...

 

Leroy lettering set

Letraset (though still in business)

Dymo Labels (still in business)

 

Many words and expressions in the English language originate from the days of sail, many still in use today.
A few:
Three sheets to the wind.
Three square meals a day.
Sea legs.
Pooped.
Loose canon.
Swinging the lead.
And a few more that will come to me.....
Max.

 

Hello,

How about the Rotring drawing pens:
http://www.rotring.com/en/technical-pens/107-rapidograph-set-3501170699485.html

I still have some around.

Bertus

 

 

I still have my drawing board, triangles, tee-square, pencils, sharpeners, vellum, and all of that stuff.

 

Blueprint

Blueprint smell.

 

Blueprint smell.

The ink was called "Prussian Blue"

 

Hello,

I found back some of my Rotring pens.

Here is the oldest set:

And a set I bought later:

And the compass drawing set:

I also run into my slide ruler:

Bertus

 

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Hello,
I found back some of my Rotring pens.
Bertus

Tinta China??? where did you buy that, man?

 

You are moving faster than me, Martínez...!

 

Hello,

The "tinta china" is a foreign language.
The english tab says "Drawing ink", reproducible (Diazo)

The holder itself looks like this and has a lot of separate pens:

The pens can be shifted on the holder:

Bertus

 

I missed most of this morning because I was using my dial caliper to find the right pieces of copper tubing to replace a leaky heater core valve. This is why you run the car with only water for a few days. That's enough time to catch the last little drips in the cooling system.