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

[Bill Coleman]

“Drafting?”

No, we didn’t call it that. It was “Industrial Arts”. I remember taking in 7th grade. And a few of us took the second semester Industrial Arts rather than shop due to scheduling issues.

That was back in 1973-4. It was one of my favorite classes as well.

I still draw up schematics on grid paper with a pencil. Old fashioned in this modern day, but still fun, and just as rewarding for my simple designs.

> On Apr 24, 2021, at 1:08 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> OK, I've really dated myself now. 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 45 years later, we're using tools we couldn't have imagined. Modeling circuits and objects with millions of parameters and vectors, realizing them in virtual space, manipulating them in real time. 
...
> 
> Here's to those moments, and to that timeless pursuit: turning abstractions into reality.
> 
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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