I've translated the XML document into MS Word. when it came in it was kind of a mess but that's word for you. I'll upload it to the files area. I think It...
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Sep 19, 2005 4:34 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the DrawingInstruments group. File :...
Hi, I'm new to this group. I'm an artist/animator and I have been looking for a specific leadholder for some time now never coming across it. I was hoping...
Easy as apple pie to add photos. Well, I have made an apple pie and it is difficult for a beginner... 1) click on the left side where it says "photos." 2)...
I just uploaded 4 new pictures in my folder rpilla001. It is a Dietzgen beam compass.. I know they are are like Toyota Camris. You can't through a rock without...
Hello Group! I need to know how to upload my pictures of it. Cheers, Alex Body ... You need to go to the group page at yahoo.com to do this. You will need to...
Marc Chavez has graciously agreed to act as moderator for the group. I will continue to participate as time allows but Marc will take on the day to day...
I have found a really good web site for selling and trading. I want to share it with everyone. The site is http://www.MYDREW.com ; They have a excellent social...
Hi Alex, My 1912 copy of Gurley's Manual(p.366) shows dividers that look identical to yours, except they only had lines and circles, otherwise the same...
Alex, It looks great I would concour that it is early twentieth century(1910- 1940. I do not know when this style of proportional dividers fell out of favor...
I am not sure of the original intended use. Prior to CADD, I used to use this instrument to interpolate between two "spot elevations" to determine the nearest...
Carrying on Alex Body's thread: Please see my Riefler dividers. 19.5 cm (approx. 7-3/4") tip-to-tip, engraved for lines and circles. They are part of a...
Alex, When you go into the Yahoo group " Drawing Instruments" on the left hand side of the screen is a menue. Part of that menue it says "photos". Click on...
I have placed a PDF file in the files area that illustrates and explains the basics of the cross-bar proportional divider. The last email seemed somewhat...
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Sep 30, 2005 3:30 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the DrawingInstruments group. File :...
1. It is clearly of American origin, its shape being similar to those in K&E and Dietzgen catalogues and it could date anywhere from 1900 to 1950. It could...
My apologies for any offense to other members and for my limited (more than I thought) knowledge of the use of the term "perspective" as applied to some forms...
It's only a proportional divider. Only had two good uses: 1) paperweight. I always preferred dividing my planes, solids, and circles the old fashion way of...
I've often tried to acquire one of that design. It allows sharpening of the points if damaged without affecting the proportional settings. Speaking of...
For anyone who may be in the Washington DC area this weekend is the the conclusion of the Tools of the Imagination show at the National Building Museum. A...
I looked at both of them. The beam compass is pretty standard issue isn't it? But the proportional dividers are pretty unique. ... but ... deemed ... making ...
TJ, Thanks for some sensability, Not sure what caused the problem, But I started to ignore it as soon as the font size increased. Thanks for looking at the...
I have just uploaded a photo of a Cooke Troughton & Simms hook ended proportional divider in my collection, which I acquired earlier this year at the Antique...
I looked it up and "DRP" stands for Deutsche Reichspatent = German Imperial Patent. This would be from before the postwar establishment of the BRD in the West...
My research came up with the same bit of info, but I think it is pre WW2 only because 1) 1945-49 items for export from Germany were marked U.S. Zone and 2)...
My feeling is patents will give you an era, not a specific year except for particular marking changes. DRP may be pre-War because the phrase Reich is there...
I think it's a great idea but the volume of material is enormous. I have a collection of catalogues from both British and US companies such as W F Stanley, A...
I'm trying out Yahoo's new RTF based editor. so we'll see how it works First of all welcome to our new member mrmixer2006@... Second, I certainly see...
Well, pretty good but two items. The point size of the typeface was listed as 5.5 point? and the editer could not handle United States as the first two...
