Leroy In Use
There's still a set in use here in our office:
http://spectomodustractus.blogspot.com/2010/06/in-with-old.html
Had 40 and 60 scales and swapped for other sizes. 80 was the smallest I used as everything I did Leroy was reduced to film.
I've kept my first set made in 1950 with the ink pot pens.
I freehanded most of my drawings before CAD.
My index fingers were always full of ink lines from cleaning the buildup from the pens.
> My index fingers were always full of ink lines from cleaning the buildup from the pens.
I've got a 'tiger stripe' tattoo on my index finger too...
DDSM
Leroy Question - yep
I still have my set...
L40
L50
L60
L80
L100
L120
L140
L175
L200
L240
Couple scribes, set of dried out pens, pounce, templates....
I spent MANY years working with scribecoat, peelcoat and AstroScribe 2000 engravers making maps. When "pin registration graphics" came into its heyday, we used scribecoats to prepare all of drawings and produced screened matte film positives in 4mil or 7mil versions for the clients.
And yes, you could get a Leroy set with a 40 guide (0.04" or 4 point) all the way up to a 500 guide. I still have mine with the rapideograph pens with jewel tips in fully functional condition.
The greatest day in my drafting career came when we went to computers and I could throw those ding dang french curves away, stomp on my contour pen, flatten my railroad pen and sell all the stuff in the darkroom!! No more breathing ammonia fumes making color proofs or that lovelu odor of the fixer bath in the film processor!!
Leroy Question - yep
Cadliner...
I hated that thing. There was a time when cad first came out when we were trying to see what was the most efficient way to finish a drawing. If there were edits to be done, my boss always wanted me to use the Cadliner to make them.
I would rather just make the edits in cad, then plot again.
But I was not the one who was paying for the paper.
Glad we finally got all that worked out. I love cad.
Ultrasonic pen cleaner fluid"
"Now where did I put that ultrasonic pen cleaner fluid?"
We used to use 409 Cleaner for the ultrasonic fluid. Worked great. Still available.
Steve
Didn't you just start a thread about being a computer draftsman? I just wrote a highly entertaining reply to it and I got a message back "error! posting doesn't exist" Wha hoppen?
Steve
Dang, I'm sorry Steve. I did not see any responses when I deleted. 🙁
I had a couple o' gins, and thought I was being too sentimental and boring for those who were not inebriated like me.
I thank you for for responding, and apologize.
Linex machine
> Believe it or not but there was also an electronic leroy device. You type in about a paragraph on a screen into the little computer, set it on the plat and it would draft in on for you. You had to be sure that the pens were working really well and the plat was nice and flat. I can't remember how small it would go.
We use to use one of those in the 90's. It was basically a keyboard with a pen sticking out of it. You would lay it on the mylar and type into the keyboard and the pen would draw perfect lettering. Many people would not believe it when we told them the plats were hand-drafted.
Steve
No biggy. That's probably why my reply was "highly" entertaining.
Yes.
40, 50 & 60
Leroy - never needed it.
Back in the 80s, my boss wanted me to Leroy some notes on to a plat, instead of re-plotting the plat.
That's when I figured out HPs "bomb site" on the plotter. You could put the plat in the plotter, navigate to the spot you want to add text to with the bomb site. Type in the text and it would plot on the plat. It would also remember the text and position, in case there ever was a re-plot.
No Leroy, no re-plotting.
:coffee:
> Yes.
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> 40, 50 & 60
I'm not sure about a 40
The smallest that could find in my cabinet is a 50
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Linex machine
I think I gave up the machine about 88. After that I had autcat maybe 12 and a printer with the pens that would work about 75 precent of the time. Start a plot, get 90 percent done and the pens would quit working.
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> I'm not sure about a 40
> The smallest that could find in my cabinet is a 50
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We had a 40 where I worked from 80 to 87. It was supposed to be used with a 000000 pen.
Leroy In Use
Thank you Corey :beer:
