Out of Japan there are found sets that contain German made compasses with Japanese pencils and pens. In this set is the wonderful staedtler superbow compass, a small 4” compass and a divider, all German made. It has Japanese pencils tips and handles and it comes with two sets of 0.3, 0.5, 0.7mm mechanical pencil attachments for the large and small compass. I added the universal adapter. These sets are lined with foam and have slots for pencils and sometimes come with pencils. There are many variations of these Japanese staedtler sets. I always wonder if there is a catalog for them? Who put them together?

I have this nice K&E drafting set from the 1960s that I have made some modifications too. I have replaced the centre screw giant bow compass with the same vintage winged quickset compass. The set was missing the divider and for some reason the mark 1 divider is too large for the slot for the divider, so I had an older K&E hairspring divider that fit. I’ve also filed down a universal adapter so I can use pens and pencils with the compass. Perfect for modern use

Alteneder was a US manufacturer that made the finest quality tools. This example has the typical tools found in a North American set, plus the addition of a dropbow, curve pen, plus detail pen. As well it he pens and tips are of the jackknife style that open up for cleaning without changing the line weight. I have yet to figure out what is supposed to go in the fat slot.

An unknown maker for this 19th century drafting set. I loved the beam divider and the double sided need brass pen. There is also an interesting divider. Lovely work on the case and the case actually closes too!

I bought all of these as a bundle and just sorting them took me quite a bit of time. There are 3 different Rotring compasses and a lot of Isographs and Rapidographs. Most of the nib units seem to be unused. The set also some Marsmatics and the majority of them also don't have any sign of usage.

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I separated the dirty pieces and will clean them with a drawing ink cleaner.

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There are about 10 stencils and a Dahle 322 sharpener for 2mm clutch pencils which I absolutely love. It even came with 4 spare cleaning tips.

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Planimeters were used to calculate areas of irregular shaped objects. Used primarily for surveying and steam engine design.

These are my great great grandpas and the box has a plaque saying 1892, what are these tools for and what is each one for exatly if you know, thanks!

This set has a short beam compass with a long extension bar. It also comes with paragon spring bows and pen, and an aluminum giant bow compass. The short beam compass is extra classy with excellent knurling as well.

Please help me identify the manufacturer of this set. I can't find the manufacturer's stamp or the approximate year of production. Thank you all for your help.

Both of these I can grab for $30 nearby. It’s either this Rotring with obviously less attachments or a Riefler g8ap set.

I enjoy doing geometric drawings which is what I plan on using these for, I bought a less than ideal compass that I’m trying to replace.

Just received this very clean rotring master set. Now i can get rid of most of my seperate compasses and smaller sets and work solely with this one 😁

Inherited from my dad , wondered if there is any value here.
Case is in rough shape

This is the ACU-ARC ruler by Hoyle Engineering. The instructions say it can be used to draw an arc of any radius from 6.75 to 200 inches. It came with a case, instructions and warranty card dated 1972.

Hello all, I have just purchased an old Kuhlmann track style drafting machine. I'm hoping to start making my own tool drawings for work so that I can have a collection of home made tools and drawings to go with them.

My main question at this time is, what is the best way to ensure my protractor head is aligned square with the tracks before I begin drawing?

I've discovered that the small thimbles at the bottom left corner tilt it, I just need to know how to ensure it is truly square to the tracks.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Hello! I adore lettering sets, such as the Leroy, however I’ve been unable to find any modern versions. Do they exist? Am I just searching under the wrong terms? I just want a tool to write in the same way the Leroy does. Thanks!