Anyone remember the MATHOMAT?

[sdotmouse]

Found on the street but I had one in school - did anyone else? 

 

mouse

[2Brix]

Sure did...plus ze French curves 

 

[tubularbells]

Ahhh the memories.  A supremely coveted item back when I was at primary school and I spent countless hours using mine with my drawings of alien spacecraft and the like. So glad you posted as it was almost a distant memory of mine.

[Mrkropotkin]

Only the rich kids had these,  and they would ride to school on their Dragsters, bloody show offs

[tubularbells]

1 minute ago, Mrkropotkin said:

Only the rich kids had these,  and they would ride to school on their Dragsters, bloody show offs

 

Yeah that 3 speed T bar was brutal on the nuts during a sudden stop 

[sdotmouse]

A banana seat and 3  speed stermey archer, £#*& the MATHOMAT! 

[zenikoy]

There was also a transparent green one we had to have in high school. Never saw much use and remained a mysterious device mostly.

[sdotmouse]

put in a box with the slide rule and Erik von Daniken chariots of the gods 

[sdotmouse]

Just in case you're feeling nostalgic - RPN

 

[t_mike]

On 26/08/2022 at 10:16 PM, sdotmouse said:

A banana seat and 3  speed stermey archer, £#*& the MATHOMAT! 

 

Don't forget the sissy bar at the back of the seat.

 

On 26/08/2022 at 10:03 PM, Mrkropotkin said:

Only the rich kids had these,  and they would ride to school on their Dragsters, bloody show offs

 

We used to live in rolled up newspaper in middle of road.

[Mrkropotkin]

46 minutes ago, t_mike said:

 

We used to live in rolled up newspaper in middle of road.

Wow, the rich showing off again. Newspapers delivered!!  AND the safest part of the road!! 

[Cloth Ears]

On 10/09/2022 at 8:03 PM, sdotmouse said:

Just in case you're feeling nostalgic - RPN

 

Had a 25C - 58008

And a mathomat - but as I was doing engineering (which included drawing), it went unused. My dad had a full set of the french curves, now they were fun to draw with!

Edited September 13, 2022 by Cloth Ears

[sdotmouse]

I remember as well a stiff blue thing you could form into shape for drawing curves.  I wonder what was inside? 

 

s.m