Multi generational tools from a former life

[novocaine]

I needed to map out something on paper today. It gave me a chance to use tools from a former life. These belonged to my grandfather. I was gifted them by my mum when i started uni as a mechanical engineer,as i never actually met him. They served him well as a designer of the prototype fast breeder reactor. Some years later they served me well on the decommisioning design team of the same site. I consider myself exceptional lucky to have placed them on the same drawing 50 odd years later although it wasnt in anger.


There is actually 2 set within the case, i assuke because at some point the other sets case was damaged.



I have another full set that was my fathers but they live in the instruments box so i didn't get them out today. I might take a few pics of that set at some point.

 

[NickM]

That's great!

 

[Mike G]

Nice to have a back story like that. I found my posh compass set the other day when clearing out some boxes. It doesn't get a lot of use these days.

 

[NickM]

I enjoyed looking at some of Brunel's drawing instruments when we went to the Brunel museum in Bristol.

 

[TrimTheKing]

Great to have a story behind them and even better you got to use them in context.

 

[Trevanion]

”United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority”

That’s just too cool! Lovely backstory, especially with it coming full circle.

 

[Woodbloke]

Nice to have a back story like that. I found my posh compass set the other day when clearing out some boxes. It doesn't get a lot of use these days.

I still regularly use my old Faber Castell drawing set that I bought for uni in the mid-70's so it's doing quite well. Nowhere near as posh as the ones posted but a decent bit of kit for the 'shop when needed - Rob

 

[Robert]

Nice to have the history with those.

I still have 2 sets of drawing instruments. One which may go back to school technical drawing days and and a better Staedtler set from when I started as a draughtsman.

Did quite a lot of drawing in ink too. Rotoring pens you had to shake to get going for the lines but those ink compasses for the circles. They work better than you'd expect. Always had the scalpel to hand for scratching off errors.

Thanks for the memory

 

[Cabinetman]

Just left the war my father was in the army training to be an architect, life got in the way unfortunately, but he completed the intermediate stage and I have his drawings from that exam on my wall, sections and bits of the Parthenon with stone coloured watercolour on them, the finesse of detail is staggering and this I am always amazed to see is the intermediate level. Terrible photograph I’m sorry. Ian

 

[MattS]

My Grandad was a cabinet maker and carpenter who moved into construction and project management in his later years. Similar work to me really. I don’t have a lot of things from him but he was a big influence on me. Yesterday my daughter’s final home school maths work was to measure and draw a scale plan of our house. She used my grandad’s scale rule which I use when working with architects plans. Was amazing to see the next generation using the same ruler.