Hi to all, and thanks to Tom for the invitation to join. I've been interested in drafting instruments since my early teenage years. In high school and...
Hello, my main interest is lettering and calligraphy. I collect steel nibs - dip pens and related items. I am updating a web page about the Pelikan and Rotring...
Hi Hans! Welcome to another calligrapher (or calligraphy enthusiast). I have been a calligrapher for just short of 35 years (started when I was nine). I also...
<< Does anybody know when Pelikan quit making Graphos pens? And in which years did the Rotring company produce Graphos pens? (There are no Graphos pens in my...
Anyone interested in a K&E Leroy lettering set; all complete with 6 text strips, pen holders and complete set of ink nibs; lead holder,mahogany case. Also...
Acquired from the Vickers Industrial Library, a copy of "Simplified Drawing Practice" by W.L. Healy and A.H. Rau of General Electric: John Wiley NY 1953. This...
I uploaded an interesting page from the 1902 edition of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue. "Drawing Instruments and Materials" (page 154). Check the files...
I've been wondering if there are any known instrument makers and/or designers in the 20th century who are known as well as Stanley, Richter, and so on? My...
Right now on www.ebay.com under Drawing instrument I saw Richter antique set for sale. If I remember this set was from 1903-1910. You can look description... ...
I think the American firms Vemco and Alteneder were as well known in the 20th century as any in the world for their innovation and quality. Check out a large...
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... An interesting research aim. I was suprised when I delved into the British Patents Offixe archive (http://www.patent.gov.uk/design/). and came across...
I picked up a wooden ruler for a drawing machine which seems to have ivory rather than celluloid edges. So far I have always doubted that scale rulers may have...
Hi, Manfred! Hmmmm! I quite agree with you that it certainly looks like Ivory....on the top facing. What I noticed about the material on the back of the ruler...
I understand that you can heat up a needle or wire etc. (red hot) and touch it to the material in some inconspicuous place and smell the odor that the material...
I have a set of Riefler instruments that I bought new in 1962. I have entered a photo of the case and the instruments in the photo section. I used these...
Certainly it's collectible, just depends on a given person's interest (for example, I'm big on 20th century gear while others prefer older sets). It is a great...
Hi Everyone, I have come across a copy of Maya Hambly's "Drawing Instruments 1580 - 1980". I already have a copy for myself and it is a wonderful book full of...
Would appreciate information regarding the construction details of the K&E centrolinead, and information regarding its use and the theory E. Lapints...
... theory The Centrolinead invented in 1814 by Nicholson was used for construction of 2-point perspective where one or both vanishing points would be off the...
Appreciate your prompt and extensive reply to my query in re the centrolinead. Am attempting a mathematical demonstration of its properties via analytic...
The centrolinead was a tool used to create an artificial vanishing point when doing perspective drawings. In construction it was shaped like a large Y lying on...
Thanks for your most complete and detailed response. In 1941 I attended an introductory course on perspective drawing given by George Tharatt, then chief...
Hello Everyone, A friend of mine is an old draughtsman from way back. He owns and still occassionally uses a set of K&E pens and his Leroy lettering set. He...
Greetings Alan, I have a large supply of the Leroy Lettering Pens and Reservoir Pens. Please contact me privately and I will try to accommodate you. Regards, ...
So since the vanishing point is not on the board, how do you determine where the station point is? (if you don't know what it is, a station point is too...
The station point corresponds to the position of the observer. It is independent of the vanishing points. With the point on the picture plane at which the...
