Tracing With Ink (1955) 

As an engineer the reduction of drafting as a profession is a huge disservice. Even in the age of CAD. It’s like asking an author to do their own proofreading. Working with professional drafter is always better but hard to get management to see it that way.

They always did it better back in the day. Quality of the craftsmanship has deteriorated over the years. This is a good teaching video for sure.. Thanks

I go to Purdue University now. In my Freshman year I took a CAD class, which touched on making drawings by hand, but the modern curriculum has taken all of the skill and artistry out of the process. I collect drafting tools and practice drafting skills because I hope these skills are never lost, even though I recognize the efficiency of making drawings using CAD software.

Drawing inks, including India Ink, contain gum arabic as the binding agent. This makes them cling to the pen, and dry quickly and waterproof. This also clogs pens, which is why it must be removed from them quickly. And why drawing inks must NEVER be used in fountain pens.

The guys a master. I hope my lines are that nice someday

Those are some seriously gorgeous tools. I wish they still made them like this… Although new old stock from well-known names like rotring isn’t particularly expensive.

That is an excellent training video. Thanks very much!

i recently bought a vintage Dietzgen drawing tool kit just like the one used in this video and am ecstatic to find this instructional video so i might rediscover and explore this dying art.

A lost craft.

Drafting used to be its own profession within Architecture. In the 1930s, the highest paid employees at my grandfather's Architecture office were four draftsman who worked on the third floor manually copying sketches and existing drawings EXACTLY as drawn; human engineering copiers. When the copied drawings were no longer needed my grandmother washed and bleached them in her washing machine and cut them up into handkerchiefs; best-quality Linen cloth. When I was in Architecture School in the 1970s, only the railroads and the mining industry still used linen drawings rather than vellum paper. Inked linen would last 100 years until needed. Vellum deteriorates. A shortcut for draughting pens was to have one or two preset to the desired widths, similar to the Rapidograph pens they were still using in the 1980s on mylar.

nice I AM LEARNING THIS IN 2022

I learned that in my HS drafting course 😊

People used to be smart: it'll be a miracle if we ever get back to the moon.

Unintentional ASMR

This is the only thing I could find on how to actually use a ruling pen for drafting. Combined with the demise of all the companies that made high quality pens and compasses, this is really the loss of a useful and often beautiful art and craft.

If lines are drawn from left to right, this is fine for right-handed people, but left-handed people should draw from right to left.

Thank you for posting

where can i buy this compass

I was born in the wrong time

This video is a gem

This gem of a video should be shown to anybody getting into line art.

Alguien sabe para que le vierte talco??

They have to be told how to open an ink bottle? In an era when most people used fountain pens, and schoolchildren used dip-pens in class?

Really interesting! Thank You.

My home town West Lafayette! Purdue baby!

What paper is this person tracing on and what powder is required for it? I have never seen this before. Thank you!

What a great instructional video. Love it

Do you have more videos on technical drafting?

Love it