henryreed•2mo agoProlific Poster

PSA: A client's old blueprint in St. Louis taught me a new trick

They had a hand-drawn detail from the 70s showing a simpler way to mark radius points. Has anyone else picked up a useful method from an older set of plans?

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xena_miller311mo ago

Used to roll my eyes at hand-drawn notes on blueprints, figured if it was important it'd be typed up. Then I ran into a set from the late 60s where some guy had sketched a little triangle method for finding radius centers on curves that were all jacked up from building settling. Tried it out on a job where the digital file was useless and it worked perfect. Now I actually look for those old pencil scratches first before opening the computer files. Old school draftsmen knew what they were doing even if their handwriting was garbage.

the_thomas2mo ago

That old blueprint trick sounds like a neat find.

hugow302mo ago

Used to think it was silly but it actually works.