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    1930s dotted line tool - GIF

    1930s dotted line tool.




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    Wow! is right! I still have my granddad's drafting gear, in a leather case in very poor condition. On occasion, maybe once a year, I'll pull out the compass and draw a circle for a wood project...just because I can! ...not that I don't have 3 compasses already in the workshop...The sad part is, no one wants anything to do with manual drafting anymore...thanks for the post.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beserkleyboy View Post
    Wow! is right! I still have my granddad's drafting gear, in a leather case in very poor condition. On occasion, maybe once a year, I'll pull out the compass and draw a circle for a wood project...just because I can! ...not that I don't have 3 compasses already in the workshop...The sad part is, no one wants anything to do with manual drafting anymore...thanks for the post.
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    I use cad for cnc, but on occasion I turn off the PC and just sit down with the paper pad, pencils, and drafting tools just because I enjoy it.
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    Pat, yea, I use SketchUp for all my drawings (wwodwork). I gave my drafting table away years ago. I acquired an articulated drafting machine in the mid 90s, thinking, 'You beauty! This'll be the bee's knees!'...and then came Google SketchUp...I sold the drafting arm for $20 to a guy who was going to use at as 'industrial decoration'...go figure...cheers

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    Dashed line tool.



    I also liked this 3D-printed build of a dotted line tool by myrakrusemark: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2810505/files. 0:14 video:


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    MIT professor Walter Lewin demonstrates his hand-drawn dotted line technique. 1:55 video:




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