Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Anyone with old school drafting experience or mechanical aptitude will appreciate the skill of took to create these early Wincharger drawings. They’re not only historically significant documents but works of art…in my opinion.
See more at the link below. Originals (>800) are being donated to Iowa State University.
https://wincharger.com/index.php/histor ... r-drawings

The draftsmen were true artists. I could get lost in a stack of those drawings for hours.

spoken from a real airnatical engineer , can you imagine how many hours it took to draw those details ?
yah , those are cool .

I took years of drafting, mech drawing and architectural drawing in high school. When I learned i would need to take calculus to go on, I quit. I HATED math, and was never any good at it. Thank God for calculators. LOL

Windy , you didnt talk about slide rulers ,

I've never had one of those in my hands. Don't have a clue.

slide rules are like a mechanical calculator , same function as an abacus , now that one i am sure you are familiar with

haha Mike, I usually cipher like Jethro. lol

They are works of art. I also took industrial arts in school and I learned to use a slide rule. Still have it today, but not sure I could use it anymore. Same quality when you look at the patent drawings.

I was a draftsman for 18 years. Started on the board by hand and eventually got CAD. 33 years total engineering in the appliance business. Before CAD, it was frustrating to have a full size layout of a clothes dryer, and have the engineer have you move something 1/4 inch. Mike, I can appreciate the drawings you posted, thanks for sharing.
Gregg