DRAFTING

• Drawing Table or Drawing Board

  • is where the drawing paper is laid and fastened

  • place which the T-square is moved
• T-square - used for drawing horizontal lines and serves as a guide for triangles when drawing 
• Triangles  - used for drawing vertical and oblique lines (45, 30 by 60)
• Triangular Scale to reproduce the dimensions of an object full size
• Technical Pen - a specialized instrument to make lines 
• Mechanical Pencil clutch pencil, lead = extendable solid pigment core
• Pencil - one of the draftsman’s most important tool 
• Pencil Sharpener or Penknife - used to remove the wood from the lead
• Drawing Templates flat piece of plastic with standard symbols cut in it
• Protractor  - semi circular scale divided into 180°
• Dusting Brush - removal of eraser shavings 
• Erasing Shield protect rest of drawing when erasing
• Compass - used for drawing arcs or circles
• Push Pull Rule - flexible tape that slides into a case
• Bond Paper - durable paper that is suitable for electronic printing
• Tracing Paper - low opacity; ability for an image to be traced onto it
• Pen and Ink Eraser - used to remove smears, pencils, or ink lines
• Masking Tape - used for fastening paper to the drawing board or table
• Ink - fluid or paste of various colors, usually black/blue
• Drawing Machine - used in technical drawing, consisting of a pair of scales mounted to form a right angle on an articulated protractor head
• Leroy - mechanical lettering; Keuffel and Esser trademark
• Computer - machine that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations