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I'm of the generation that missed out on slide rules by a decade or so. My parents had one thta i played with as a kid, and I learned to do multiplicication and
by lokedhs 6y ago
I'm of the generation that missed out on slide rules by a decade or so. My parents had one thta i played with as a kid, and I learned to do multiplicication and division with it.
I'd like to get one now, mainly for fun, but if you want to buy one on Ebay in good condition, you have to pay quite a bit of money.
- ghaff 6y agoPlastic "student" slide rules are cheap on eBay. But, yes, quality K&E's etc. are expensive.
- lokedhs 6y agoSince this is something I want to keep on my desk, not only for decoration but for actually copute things if I'm bored, I really want tone of the nicer ones. It seems around 35 EUR is a normal price.
- ghaff 6y agoQuality slide rules probably cost a lot more than that when they were still being manufactured :-)
- dwheeler 6y agoQuality K&E's were never cheap :-).
- myself248 6y agoSeems to me that this is also a lovely use for a desktop laser cutter. Dig out a copy of Pynomo or something and make your own scales that suit whatever specialty application you have in mind.
- 082349872349872 6y agoCame here to say nomograms are slide-rule-adjacent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomogram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomogram