A drafting board is a portable drawing surface used by artists and draftsman. DraftingSteals offers a large selection of boards, choosing the right board is important. The surface must be perfectly flat, smooth, and soft enough to easily draw lines with pencils. There can be no holes, warped or issue with the surface to effect drafting quality. Any imperfections will hinder drawing lines and shapes accurately. To use a T-square the board edges must be straight and smooth for the head of the T-square to follow. For a soft, resilient, easy to clean drawing surface, cover your boards with
Vyco. Find wood with metal edge, vinyl edged, and white Melamine drawing board surfaces.
Drafting Board Types
Metal edge wood drafting boards have a non warping solid-core
construction with smooth straight metal edge for drawing with a t-square.
Wooden drawing boards with vinyl edges have unfinished
natural wood veneer surface, wood grain vinyl edges, and non warping solid-core
construction.
Drawing boards surfaced in white Melamine and black PVC edges
are excellent table tops having a smooth drafting surface. The boards solid core
construction is durable, non warping, and available in large sizes.
See related items below for additional drawing boards with parallel bars,
vyco t-squares and other supplies.