[Elecraft] OT: High school drafting class, ~1975

[David Thompson]

> On Apr 23, 2021, at 22:08, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> Anyone remember "drafting"? A favorite class in high school: blueprints, mechanical drawings, schematics, straight edges, hand lettering, projections and elevations. We invented things to draw that weren't real, but looked like they should be. Did all the math by hand -- on a slide rule, if necessary. Day-dreamed about what we might one day build.


Afternoon sir (and the group),

I still have my Dietzgen drafting set from high school, circa 1970. That was the only drafting class that I ever had, but I made a living as a drafter and design technician for a number of years. I then supplemented my income while in college preparing camera-ready drawings for graduate students and faculty members at university.

My Koh-I-Nor technical pens are still in the case (in a box in the garage) along with a set of Leroy lettering templates, including Greek symbols. I can still run a Leroy bug.

That drafting class led me to a career in engineering. I still hand draw sketches for analytical work. Although it’s been a long time since I drew an isometric.

Fun stuff… thanks for making me remember… 

David Thompson, AG7TX
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