Drafting Tools 101 - Learn How to Use a Lettering Guide (Ames Lettering Guide)

This is Drafting Tools 101
In this series we will discuss the tools used in drawing and drafting.
In this episode you'll learn how to use a lettering guide, also called the Ames Lettering Guide. This guide will help you create consistent guide lines when doing hand lettering.
Visit www.alvindrafting.com for more information!
Also be sure to check out our host's, Doug Patt, channel "How To Architect" / howtoarchitect

[@curtismagnuson9264]

I have one of those. Didn't know how to effectively use it. THANKS so much for this tutorial

[@anoushkalaj7588]

Your voice is as precise as the measuring guide. …very impressive

[@rutherford5247]

What the....I didn't know something like this exist!! 😂😂 here I am currently still strugling about making straight lines for letterings

[@todddavis8496]

wow . . .found one and had nary an idea of how to use it , SHAZAM ....video is clear and much useful, thank you, peac3 , daviz

[@crystalgillis9296]

This is very helpful, thank you!

[@andresisthename]

He's amazing!

[@julianlisette2705]

G'damn it. This was one of the purchases that were made mandatory for one of my classes years ago, but it was in a bundle of other Staedler drafting tools and never came with instructions. We did only a couple of month of actual manual drafting before moving on to AutoCAD and Revit and abandoning all these wonderful little tools. My hand was grateful to move to the electronic tools (lefty woes...cramping and graphite smudging ugh) but never having learned how to use this little thing properly bugged me till just now. Thanks for the simple explanation. - Though I am curious...do clients request manual drawings any more? Or do you do it more for your own "fun" ?

[@Alvindrafting]

Hi Julian, we have heard from many architects/designers that sometimes clients still prefer to see hand drawn plans or designs as opposed to renderings.

[@susanphillips323]

Thank you!

[@Alvindrafting]

Thanks for watching!

[@MyBadbitch16]

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[@eltonsalvador7620]

I definitely need to relearn the hand drafting skills

[@dennishala1272]

Can I draw my own plans and get it approved from an architect?

[@kevin9989]

I think mine came broken. The wheel is too loose. Is it normal?

[@kadenwatt2033]

Oh damn that's cool

[@InteriorDesignStudent]

I really hope Alvin finds a buyer!

[@tyronrojas6324]

Where to buy?

[@maeanjung4373]

I want this but its not available in the Philippines

[@nagisunyitube]

True 😭

[@MrFoolingyu]

Make one by drilling holes in a plastic protractor

[@hahahanah9954]

I wanna buyyy

[@Alvindrafting]

Hi, you can visit www.alvinco.com/Locator to find a retailer near you that stocks Alvin products or search it online to buy!

[@Just-a-Juggalo]

i love the fact that the only reason i found this video was because of a comic of Jon Arbuckle by Gale Galligan

[@aerozopher]

L666

[@SnappeDatChew]

@1:51 he says "the other is used for spacing of lines in 30 seconds of an inch..." Can anyone explain this?

[@GarlicCorgiDX]

It's "32nds of an inch," like the fraction. So moving to the "8" means "8/32" or "1/4" of an inch.

[@SnappeDatChew]

oh, okay! Thank you

[@CyndiLH]

How about lines 3 mm spacing?

[@MrBefree3]

This shows the product, but skims over how it’s used.

[@darkerufo]

I wish you could remove that drat music though. 8 years ago was an annoying time

[@bql3]

* metric and stupid 1:10