Obsolete Stuff

[scoutergriz]

My father in law passed recently so we're in the process of sorting through his stuff. He was an engineer from way back, and learned how to program computers with punch cards. We found this stashed away, it's in pristine shape. I'm not sure what we're going to do with it, I can't imagine getting rid of it even though I'll never use it.

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If I had that set I'd be using it constantly, drawing circles and arcs, transferring measurements- CAD sucks for laying out and copying for reproductions, marking mileage on paper maps, and a million other things, It's even got the pencil lead and metal scribe!
After looking years for a decent drafting compass for laying out stove pipe openings and transferring measurements, I ended up buying one off amazon- I'm STILL looking for a decent compass...

 

[Dana]

It's even got the pencil lead and metal scribe!

Not sure which bit you're looking at but there's no metal scribe. There a couple of ruling pen tips, and the points on the dividers are for transferring measurements from the scale (ruler) to paper.

 

[Boatman53]

I found out too late about this set that was offered at a local auction. Even though it was quite a bit of money I still feel bad I didn’t know about it. I would have bid at least a couple of times.





Jim

 

[scoutergriz]

Not sure which bit you're looking at but there's no metal scribe. There a couple of ruling pen tips, and the points on the dividers are for transferring measurements from the scale (ruler) to paper.

the bottom left looks just about identical to the scribe I had- it clamped a small cylindrical piece of soapstone or carbide in the jaws- I use d a company- owned one daily for almost 10 years for laying out punch-pockets in .060 steel

 

[Dana]

No, it's a ruling pen. This is the one from my set, part of one of the compasses:



You set it to the line width you want and use a dropper to squirt some ink in between. Surface tension holds it there and it's drawn out when it touches the paper. Tricky to use and easy to end up with a big blob on the paper if you're not careful. They were pretty much made obsolete when Rapidograph pens came out.