Shoutout to the guy who showed me how to fold my blueprints right

I was at a job site last Tuesday and a senior drafter saw me struggling to roll my set into the tube. He pulled me aside and showed me this method where you fold them like a map, accordion style, so you can pull out just one sheet without wrecking the whole stack. Been doing it that way ever since. Anyone else have a weird little trick like that that saved you time?

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mason84717d ago

Oh man, the accordion fold is a game changer for sure. I learned that one the hard way too after I spent like 10 minutes trying to jam a crumpled set of prints into a tube and they still looked like a disaster. My weird little trick is that I always keep a binder clip on my hard hat for when I need to hang a single sheet on a stud or something. Sounds dumb but it saves me from digging in my bag every five minutes. Also, I've definitely been that guy who tried to roll blueprints with one hand while holding coffee in the other and just ended up wearing the paper like a scarf. So yeah, any tip that keeps your drawings from turning into origami is a win in my book lol.

chen.fiona17d ago

Oh man, that binder clip trick is genius. I always end up fumbling around for tape or a nail and it's such a pain. Totally feel you on the coffee and prints thing, I've ruined more than a few sets that way and it always happens when you're already running behind.