Yacht Design School - Recommended Tools List
Important Note: All prices are latest available and subject to change, up or down. Shipping & handling are extra. All these tools are helpful. However they can be purchased as needed for the particular lesson.
| Description of Drafting & Surveying Tools |
| Brush, Drafting (for cleaning off eraser powder without smearing) |
| Curve, Ship's, Copenhagen #109 (for drawing hull sections, clear acrylic) |
| Curves, Ship, Copenhagen, Set (the complete set of ship's curves, clear acrylic) |
| Curves, Ship, Copenhagen, 56 curves available individually |
| Eraser, Electric; (faster, neater, less interruption of work) |
| Eraser, Electric; Erasing Strips (box of pink erasing strips to go in the Electric Eraser) |
| Eraser, Erasing, Metal (allows erasing close to lines) |
| Film, Drafting, Polyester 3m Double Matte (24"x36" translucent media to draw on, box of 25 sheets) |
| Film, Drafting, Polyester 3m Double Matt (inquire about price per sheet) |
| Fixative, Workable (prevents smearing while working) This flammable item cannot ship by air |
| Furniture, Student Work Station (Drafting Table, Chair, and lamp) |
| Hammer, Plastic (hammer with a yellow transparent head, buy from local hardware store) |
| Machine, Drafting (draws parallel lines at any angle to work, specify whether you are right handed or left handed) |
| Scale, Drafting Machine (18" long; 3/8",3/4",1-1/2",3" scales) |
| Scale, Hand, Triangular (12" long, 3/32", 3/16", 1/8", 1/4", 3/8", 3/4", 1/2", 1", 1-1/2", 3" scales) |
| Scale, Hand, Flat Double Bevel (6" long, 1/8", 1/4", 1/2", 1", 3/8", 3/4", 1-1/2", 3" scales) |
| Scale, Metric, Triangular (12" long, 1:20, 1:33, 1:40, 1:50, 1:80, 1:100) |
| Scale, Metric, Triangular (12" long, 1:20, 1:25, 1:50, 1:75, 1:00) |
| Pencil, Drafting, .3mm (.3mm diameter "H" lead automatic, "Rapidomatic") |
| Leads, .3mm "H" (for above pencil, per tube) |
| Pencil, Drafting, .5mm (.5mm diameter "H" lead automatic) |
| Leads, .5mm "H" (for above pencil, per tube) |
| Planimeter, English (figures areas of irregular planar objects, with lens tracer) |
| Planimeter, English/Metric (figures areas of irregular planar objects, with lens tracer) |
| Spline, Drafting, 24", 30", 36", 42", 48", 60", 72", 84", 95" (used with weights for drawing curves) |
| Triangle 30/60/90, 12" (tinted orange-other sizes available as seen on order form) |
| Triangle 45/45/90, 12" (transparent, may be tinted orange-other sizes available as seen on order form) |
| Weights, Spline (14 minimum, to hold the spline to a curve, price each) |
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