Hi, I'm just getting started and I'm looking for information on the history of drafing instruments. I have a pair of dividers that look almost black from age....
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vere@...
Oct 6, 2001 2:40 am
A scan of the instrument posted on this site would help identify what you have. As for history the best bet is Maya Hambly's "Drawing Instruments 1580-1980",...
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john.bateman2@...
Oct 6, 2001 6:50 pm
"By the mid-nineteenth century the new aniline dyes made possible the dark blues and purples used extensively for both the velvet (now usually machine made...
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tjstanton
tom.stanton@...
Oct 6, 2001 7:25 pm
Interesting question. My speculation is that modern tool sets were covered with the least-expensive material possible, which would have faded no matter what...
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tjstanton
tom.stanton@...
Oct 7, 2001 12:41 am
From http://www.a2zcarpet.com/oriental/sect22.htm "The only sure way to distinguish between natural and synthetic dyes is by laboratory analysis. However, one...
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tjstanton
tom.stanton@...
Oct 7, 2001 12:33 pm
Renaissance makes a line of restoration products, including a Metal De-Corroder, Pre-Lim Surface Cleaner, and Micro-Crystalline Wax Polish. The Gemmery has a...
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john.bateman2@...
Oct 7, 2001 3:25 pm
reply to TJS Many thanks for your input and I've followed your references. I will mull things over for a while before adding anything further. JB...
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john.bateman2@...
Oct 7, 2001 3:44 pm
Hello I don't have an answer to this one. In fact its an issue that concerns me greatly. I started of buffing things clean but soon packed up because the...
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tjstanton
tom.stanton@...
Oct 9, 2001 1:19 am
I've been cleaning and buffing with good results for some time. Since 90% of my collection is 1940s-60s the finishes are not at any real risk except when they...
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dogdancers@...
Oct 10, 2001 2:31 pm
I'm going through the archived messages... ... since ... group ... media which ... I don't know what tracing cloth is, but I would like to know if it is ...
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Michael O'Leary
mpsoleary@...
Oct 10, 2001 3:11 pm
Greetings, I believe you can get tracing cloth from Charrettes. www.charrette.com Regards, Michael ... From: <dogdancers@...> To:...
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tjstanton
tom.stanton@...
Oct 11, 2001 11:07 am
Tracing cloth is real cloth, tightly woven, with sizing added to make it transparent. You can learn more here: http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing- ...
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R E Reeves
rereeves@...
Oct 14, 2001 1:41 pm
My understanding, from the time, way back, when I even used tracing cloth occasionally, for an inked drawing, is that it is specially sized fine linen. On the...
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Elliott Dick
dogdancers@...
Oct 14, 2001 6:51 pm
Greetings to you all! I'm a family man in the frozen north. I turn 29 yo this month, but I feel like I'm really old because I'm surrounded by 19-22 yo college...
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dogdancers@...
Oct 14, 2001 7:43 pm
... I can't help with any specific dating, but I have what I believe to be an early version of the drop-bow. I have a number of newer versions too, but this...
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dogdancers@...
Oct 15, 2001 2:08 pm
... Absolutly not. Our autoCAD operator does less than the man with a mechanical engineering degree. I know. I was (am?) an autoCAD technician. It is the...
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Elliott Dick
dogdancers@...
Oct 15, 2001 2:43 pm
So, when people talk about when they used to draw on "Linen" is that the same as tracing cloth, or are they different again? Elliott Dick St. Paul, MN ========...
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Joseph Viray
jviray@...
Oct 15, 2001 11:47 pm
Howdy all, I've recently rekindled my lifelong interest in drafting tools. I'm not much of a collecter per se (all of my stuff is functional/for use rather...
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dogdancers@...
Oct 16, 2001 1:34 am
... ruling ... Holy son of a.... That's quite a collection! Excuse me while I clean the drool from my keyboard. And you have a number of dotting pens too....
Elliott, In my (limited) experience, the "perfect" tracing was inked on the cloth over the well-worked-over pencil drawing on paper, bum-fodder, whatever. As...
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R E Reeves
rereeves@...
Oct 16, 2001 6:35 am
Elliott Dick wrote: (deleted) ... (deleted) ... Elliot, Lineweights are a pet peeve of mine, also. Long retired, I am a product of Mies' school of...
I recognize many of your names in the membership list from ebay. Having just found this forum, I thought I'd join and introduce myself. My father is has been a...
I have a Brown and Sharpe, nickel-silver, triangular scale. It is slightly smaller in cross section than what we normally see. Each end has a small plate...
... present--with CAD. Hopefully, refinements will be forthcoming. Lineweigts have been a part of CAD since they invented multiple-pen plotters! One of the...
A question for the group . . . My household has quite a few old technical pens that were rendered inoperable by neglect over the last 25 years or so. Is it...
I recently found a compass and dividers set I used back in the mid 1980s. The brand is "Ecobra" and both instruments have "W. Germany" on them. I assume this...
What lead hardness is typically used in compasses? Or is it standard for draftsmen to use multiple hardnesses (perhaps loaded into multiple compasses)...
In your opinions, who currently makes the best drawing instruments today? What brand(s) tend to be the best bargain, providing good service, durability, etc....
