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RETROTECHNOLOGIST?
I KNEW THE LOSS WAS SERIOUS WHEN I SAW THE NEWSPAPER JUNK THEIR OLD PRINTING PRESSES. Seeing it myself made it real. Ripped the heart right out of that building and that paper.
It's not why newspapers are dying but it is one reason why they die largely unmourned.
I'm pushing back.
Typewriters, Dial Telephones, Hand Tools, Old Amateur Radio Gear, Telegraph Keys, Analog Volt Ohmmeters, Vacuumatic Coffeemakers, Slide Rules, Fountain Pens, etc.: I have 'em. I use 'em.
It's not political.
There are other places for that. People who love old technology can be found all across the spectrum. Let's concentrate on what we have in common.
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It's not why newspapers are dying but it is one reason why they die largely unmourned.
I'm pushing back.
Typewriters, Dial Telephones, Hand Tools, Old Amateur Radio Gear, Telegraph Keys, Analog Volt Ohmmeters, Vacuumatic Coffeemakers, Slide Rules, Fountain Pens, etc.: I have 'em. I use 'em.
It's not political.
There are other places for that. People who love old technology can be found all across the spectrum. Let's concentrate on what we have in common.
A major goal of this blog is to make information findable.
I try to use post titles that include the topic or device covered and to include links to further information. If you have anything to add, please comment on the post or e-mail me.
(e-mail update pending)
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It's a sharpener for a drafting pencil. I had one like it when I drew blueprints 35 years ago.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lead pointer for drafting. Looks like a Bruning Tru-Point No. 3746 made by the Charles Bruning Company, Inc., of Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA, probably sometime from the late 1950s to early 1970s, although they were still available within the last decade or so. Back in the days before computerized drafting systems, these things were ubiquitous in drafting rooms.
ReplyDeleteBeen a long time.
ReplyDeleteConant: Unh, I did say "be specific," but holy cow! Exactly that.
ReplyDeleteI really (*REALLY*) hate a lousy point on a leadholder or pencil (and these will do pencils, if you start with a sharpened one and carve the wood back), so I was delighted to find that lead pointers go quite inexpensively at the various auction-type sites.
I think with my fingertips and have found the lazy girl's shortcut to CAD: draw it (at the scene, usually), scan it, CAD on top of it. Eventually, you delete the hand-drawing on the bottom layer and do final clean-up. For me, this is about three times faster than starting with a blank screen and my notes.
I knew ehat it is, but everybody beat me to it!
ReplyDeleteAnd that's the best way to make a CAD drawing "from scratch" that I've ever heard!
I make excellent sketches of things, and I think I'm going to swipe your idea the next time I need a CAD drawing!
Yeah, I used one a long time ago.
ReplyDeleteHank
It's a powdered graphite mess-maker. Ask anyone who had one. They know.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the one on my desk right now.
ReplyDeleteThe one on my desk at work is a rectangular plastic model (Berol Turquoise 17) with the little fibrous cartridge to take the graphite dust off of the newly sharpened lead.
ReplyDeleteThe one at home looks more like this one.
It's the original digital CAD provider. Without one of those, your digital drawings were just not up to snuff.
ReplyDeleteYep, still have one, and I use it. Dull pencils are for the dull. lol
Ciao,
GEO
I haven't seen anything like it. I insist it's a UFO; you're in cahoots with the Pentagon!
ReplyDeleteJust stumbled upon your blog. I like. Will follow.
I had one of those...
ReplyDeleteI just realized that I have one of those exact mechanical pencil sharpeners on my desk. I was researching antique typewriters on the Internet and I came upon this site. Odd?
ReplyDeleteIt's one of those related things: "if you like antique typewriters, you probably like...." I'd certainly put fountain pens good pencils and related appurtenances on the "like" list. :)
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