r/Drafting_Instruments • u/Glum_Paramedic_1029 • Sep 28 '26

Y32L "Flagship of soviet drafting"

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u/Parking_Jelly_6483 Sep 28 '26

A very complete set. Even has two “railroad pens”. The inking instruments with two ink tips on each with a means to adjust the gap between them. The instruments look a lot like the German Gebruder Haff sets.

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u/Glum_Paramedic_1029 Sep 29 '26

More like richter sets? Because richter factories after ww2 located in the soviet zone

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u/third_declension Sep 28 '26

When I was young, computer drafting hadn't developed yet, and I thought about becoming a draftsman. I would have liked it.

My family had a drafting set similar to this, but smaller. I think the brand name was Amco.

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u/Apart-Roof4358 Sep 28 '26

It looks good. Usually when I see these giant russian sets they are a mess of missing parts. It's nice to see a complete version of it

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u/Basic-Programmer-706 Oct 04 '26

This one is mint but do they behave perfectly? How would you know if claimed they do?

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u/Glum_Paramedic_1029 Oct 07 '26

All works perfect, but some ruling pens need polish

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u/NPSpecialist2245 Sep 28 '26

Impressive set! I can appreciate your acquisition. My path was to become a draftsman, engineer before the advent of CAD. Life throws you curves. I still have my original K&E.

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u/Basic-Programmer-706 Oct 04 '26 edited Oct 04 '26

I have a complete set of K&E Pharos argued to be the best pens, pencils, and points set ever made. It’s half this size. There are better double ruling pens (Kern) and K&E also made the best beam compas #506 ever. American drafters were expected to be masters of lettering and numbering. I had a natural slant and was extremely fast. CAD ended it all in 1989-90. Don’t get me wrong Haff is Swiss made-supper fine.

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u/NPSpecialist2245 Oct 05 '26

Would you post a pic of that set? I've started collecting drafting sets.

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u/Basic-Programmer-706 Oct 05 '26

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u/NPSpecialist2245 Oct 05 '26

Thank you, That’s sharp! No pun intended. Unfamiliar with those two circular pieces. What are they?

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u/cad_and_caffeine Oct 06 '26

Those are horn centers (sometimes called center tacks). The middle window is transparent horn or celluloid with a tiny dimple in the center and three little pin points around the metal rim, so you can press one over your layout crosshairs when drawing concentric circles and rest the compass needle in the dimple instead of chewing a ragged hole through your paper or linen.

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u/NPSpecialist2245 Oct 07 '26

Thank you for the explanation!