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That’s awesome! It’s super cool you have access to some living history like that, I’m more than a little jealous. I definitely agree, there’s a real sense of accomplishment to putting together a drawing by hand, it’s an art unto itself that is rarely appreciated these days IMO. It’s great that you’re also using those drawings to actually fabricate stuff- that’s probably the fastest and most effective way to determine whether you’re communicating sufficient and appropriate information. If you missed a dimension or callout, you might not notice unless the machinist feels charitable and asks you (many places will make assumptions and keep moving, rather than hold up production) or the end product isn’t functional in a eay it needs to be (e.g. parts don’t fit together, a thread is missing, etc.)