Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Comprising instructions in the selection and preparation of drawing instruments, elementary instruction in practical mechanical drawing; together with examples in simple geometry and elementary mechanism, including screw threads, gear wheels, mechanical motions, engines and boilers

CHAPTER II.

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THE PREPARATION AND USE OF THE INSTRUMENTS.

Preparing the lining pen for use 34

The shapes of the lining pen points 35

Oil stoning pen points 36

Preparing the circle pen for use 38

The shape for circle pen points 38

Shaping circle pens for very small circles 39

A form of pen point recently introduced; forming the pen point 39

The method of oil-stoning circle pen points 40

The needle point and pen point 42

How to use the circle pen 43

German instrument to avoid slipping of a needle point 44

How to use the lining pen 45

Applying the ink to the bow-pen 46

Using a straight line or lining pen with a T square 47