Old timer at a supply house in Nashville taught me something about blueprint scaling I still use

I was picking up some prints for a commercial job last Tuesday and this retired drafter just starts talking to me at the counter. He asked what I was working on, I showed him, and he pointed out I had my scale set wrong for a detail callout. Said most guys rush through the legends and miss the small notes that change everything. He showed me right there on the counter how the same drawing could mean two totally different things depending on the scale you read it at. I had been drafting for almost 8 years at that point and never thought about it that way. Has anyone else had a random stranger at a supply house or job site drop some knowledge that actually changed how you work?

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jenniferw822d ago

That old timer just flipped my whole approach to reading prints.

annas872d ago

Did that old timer happen to mention anything about checking the revision block before you even touch your scale? I learned that lesson the hard way after I spent an afternoon laying out ductwork based on an outdated revision. Now I always look for that little box in the corner first, it saves a lot of headaches.