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Old 4th May 2009, 02:26 AM   #1
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Default the awesomeness of this tool

Behold, sad mortals, the best tool ever to be created for drafting with precision.


It also grants me an honorary degree of professionalism which I need not obtain from some questionable school or university.

Eat my dust! Or, should I say, my eraser flluff!

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I saw a couple of those in Office Depot years ago..I still haven't picked one up.
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Bishop Graphics.
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Leroy Lettering Guide
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Picket slide rules
Circular lead time calculators
Good lead bearing Kester 44 solder

I was going through some papers today and found the receipt from selling my pair of Dynaco Mark III power amps back in 1985. $50 each. Shoulda kept them until the price went up.
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Picket slide rules?
Circular lead time calculators?

Dare I ask, what the hell are those!? lead time , as in the time necessary for a manufacturer to provide the goods?

Pictures please!
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Bishop Graphics.
Registration pins & punches
Leroy Lettering Guide
The Deluxe Adjustable Leroy Lettering Guide
Picket slide rules
Circular lead time calculators
Good lead bearing Kester 44 solder

Bishop Graphics Red & blue tape + layout symblols + precision grid! Circular profit finder wheels! Engineering drawings that were kept in big-XXX drawers!! Man - am I ever glad to say bye-bye to that stuff!
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Default Re: the awesomeness of this tool

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Behold, sad mortals, the best tool ever to be created for drafting with precision.


It also grants me an honorary degree of professionalism which I need not obtain from some questionable school or university.

Eat my dust! Or, should I say, my eraser flluff!

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District of Bakelite
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Only "glass fets"! There was a logic gate one of these to go with this. I illustrated my entire thesis with one of these in one marathon 72 hr. session.
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Old 4th May 2009, 04:50 AM   #7
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I lucked out and got one at RS about 25-some years ago.

I swear I must have nearly worn it out before I went digital
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Old 4th May 2009, 06:41 AM   #8
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Hmm.. well mine's in pretty darn good condition, just those ridiculous scriblings that I made all over it when I was four years old!
Seems soo long ago...

Circular profit calculators? WTF? HAHA!
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I remember those way back from the early 80's
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I used them in the 60s

and I've not made much progress since.
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