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AMES Lettering Guide & Rule
Pacific ArcNOW: Inc. TaxWAS: Inc. TaxNOW: $3.60WAS:(2)
The Ames Letter Guide is an essential tool for planning, drafting, and lettering, making it easy to create perfectly spaced lines. Designed with English and Metric spacing, this guide is ideal for... -
Letting Aid
RapiDesignNOW: Inc. TaxWAS: Inc. TaxNOW: $12.25WAS:(1)
Contains slots for letter sizes 1/16" 3/32" 1/8" 5/32" and 5". Size: 3-5/8" x 7" x .030". -
6" Pocket Rule
Alvin DraftingNOW: Inc. TaxWAS: Inc. TaxNOW: $4.30WAS:6" Stainless Steel English Pocket RuleFeatures: Stainless Steel Etched Graduations Graduated in 16ths, 32nds, and 64ths Pocket clip doubles as depth gauge Fraction/decimal equivilent...
Description
A uniquely designed instrument combining a rotating disk with an indexed rim for adjusting letter height or establishing cross-hatch marks.
Draw guide and slope lines 1/16" to 2" in height.
English and metric line spacing.
Reviews (6)
6 reviews
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4 Cool tool!
LLee on Jul 29th 2025
I wish I had this AMES guide sooner! It works great. I thought they were made in the US but no longer. It’s okay because the quality is better than the imitations out there.
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3 Title of review 2106
Brian on Mar 22nd 2025
The AMES Lettering Guide, in general, is a nice tool. Unfortunately, the one I received has a rather loose wheel, rendering most of its settings unusable.
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5 AMES Lettering Device
Dave on Sep 23rd 2024
<p>This "gadget" is used along with a T-square to make guidelines for lettering on drawings. It offers an infinite number of options for line width and is of great use in doing technical drawing. I have my students learn to use it in drafting class and it is easy to use. Very durable and useful.</p>
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5 Alvin AMES Lettering Guide
Joseph on Oct 31st 2023
I recently learned that Alvin is no longer in business as everyone is going with CAD for producing drawings. While I have used CAD and find it useful for design purposes I prefer and enjoy producing drawings by hand. It is sad that traditional drafting equipment is fading away. These lettering guides are of high quality and are very useful when trying to produce guide lines for hand lettering. I recommend getting an Alvin lettering guide while they are still available if you do drawing by hand. DEW Drafting Supplies has always provided a source for high quality drafting equipment. The items always arrive on or ahead of schedule, and are adequately packaged to prevent shipping damage. The prices are very reasonable as well. I sincerely wish it were still possible to purchase the yellow colored Koh-I-Noor ink erasers with the liquid core since they were indispensable when correcting mistakes made when using ink on drafting film (when lettering using Leroy Guides). Unfortunately, these erasers have a finite shelf life and deteriorate over time.
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1 Terrible product - I DO NOT recommend.
Al Edwards on Jan 18th 2023
*(This is not a comment on the DEW website itself. They do not manufacture the items they sell.) I have used drafting tools / products for over forty-five years. I have seen the quality of these products diminish considerably during that time. This lettering guide was very cheap and appeared to have been unfinished on the back side; the plastic itself looked wavy and the holes had been drilled in it in such a way that the edges protruded on the back side. It did not lay flat on the paper to be easily slid during use. Very aggravating. I threw them (I had purchase several) directly into the trash can. I contemplated complaining to DEW but decided against it - until I received this review request. They simply DO NOT make things with the quality they once did.
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5 Lettering Aid
Josh on Apr 16th 2018
Just what I needed!