Vintage engineering pen - GIF

Vintage engineering pen.

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I have one of those that belonged to my father in law. Fun to use but VERY tedious. He was amazingly fast using it.

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Originally Posted by hemmjo

I have one of those that belonged to my father in law. Fun to use but VERY tedious. He was amazingly fast using it.

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I still have my dad's. I remember tediously doing the text on my 8th grade science fair project with it...

I used one of those as well, back when drafting tables were still the norm. Once CAD was available, they had no value.

I still have a plastic template with letters that you used with a pencil:

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Yes, I remember those too. My brother is a retired architect and could “freehand” write on his drawings and it would look like it was done by one of those.

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Originally Posted by Duke_of_URL

Yes, I remember those too. My brother is a retired architect and could “freehand” write on his drawings and it would look like it was done by one of those.

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I bet he was faster than someone using the Leroy