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Old draftsman at the shop said something that stuck with me
He told me "your lead weight matters more than your scale" after watching me struggle with a tracing. Switched to softer leads and my arm doesn't ache after 6 hours of drafting. Anyone else find a weird tool change that fixed a nagging problem?
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gracej9916d agoMost Upvoted
Right, because apparently the universe decided that a tiny piece of graphite could save my arm from giving out at 35. Who knew a softer lead was cheaper than a chiropractor. Guess I'll just apologize to all the expensive HB pencils I abandoned in my desk drawer.
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kevinw9416d ago
Hear you loud and clear on that one. I had the same kind of moment with my drafting pencils a few years back, was using some hard HB lead for everything and my hand would cramp up by lunch. Switched to a 2B and it felt like a whole new world, the line just flows instead of fighting the paper. It's wild how something that small can make such a difference in how your body feels after a long day hunched over a board. Glad you found that trick, saved your arm a lot of trouble down the road.
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