Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
(OP)
I was searching through Curries in Mississauga for a lead holder to replace the old one I had just broken, and I found something that will interest some of the older engineers.
Historically, these were used to work out the resizing factor of artwork to be printed in newspapers and magazines. I thought all of this stuff was being done on computers nowadays. I guess there must be a few hard core traditionalists out there.
This is the best I can do with my cellphone.
Historically, these were used to work out the resizing factor of artwork to be printed in newspapers and magazines. I thought all of this stuff was being done on computers nowadays. I guess there must be a few hard core traditionalists out there.
This is the best I can do with my cellphone.
JHG





RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
The last time I used one of these was 1963.
Just for kicks and grins, I did a google search,and behold about 30 of them showed up on eBay in the vintage and antiques section.
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B.E.
The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor
RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
You have to admit that they were a lot quicker than using mid-ordinate rule or simpsons.
B.E.
The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor
RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
I used a planimeter for analyzing PV curves, while engine testing in college. That was quite a lot time ago.
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RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
Fortunately I was thinking of the bright, shiny and cutting-edge electronic planimeters;
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RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
Obviously, you are not in command of "the force"...
The knowledge of the physics of the planimeter will put you on a different plane of the universe.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
It would reluctantly be lent out by the chief engineers and otherwise kept in its wooden case, under lock and key.
Not sure I like the modern plastic stuff on e-bay.
JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
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Does anyone remember the Ames lettering guide?
RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
I have stacks of the stuff mouldering away somewhere.
Sticky tape of various widths and sticky circles with holes so you can lay out PCBs.
JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
I saw a pantograph is a graphics catalogue recently, possibly from the aforementioned Curries.
I don't know where my Ames lettering guide is.
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Looks like we're showing our age
A few years ago one of the younger engineers asked me "do you have one of those things that measures angles?"
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JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
Remember working for the old Cal. Bridge department slipping a printed lined template behind the tracing or vellum paper. Worked pretty good. Later we got the vellum grid paper - still can buy that stuff today.
All of our college structural engineering notes had to be done on this stuff (1950's). Junior and senior year structural notes were done on 22 x 34 sheets divided into 8.5 x 11 pages - on grid vellum.
Then came along erasable vellums. We used to sketch our details and then paste them onto a 22 x 34 piece of paper already having the border printed. Used a KROY machine for the big titles and other stuff. All of my engineers were good drafters, so organizing the sketches were pretty easy. After pasting the stuff onto the paper, we take it to the local printer and have eraseable vellums made. Somewhat clumsy, but I remember putting about 8 drawings together in four hours.
Remember moving over to Acad as soon as I could. But transmitting the drawings was still a hassle. Sometimes it was more hassle to have numerous sets of drawings made at the local printer, signing the drawings, inserting them into big envelopes and running them down to the local FedEx box. (about 9 miles away). Remember once putting drawings on a Greyhound bus to only have them lost! Had to jump on a plane in SF and fly to Chino to deliver them on time.
Most everything goes by Pdf over the net these days.
RE: Found on sale last Saturday (2011Jul02)
In a box I had not opened for years was a " New and improved" Leroy II lettering set.
Does this qualify as a relic yet? :)
B.E.
The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor