Kelsh Plotter - free

[Peter Ehlert]

Good morning all
My cousin Dick Coughlan, LS3227, died June 10, 2015, age 82.
He was deeply involved in CLSA since the beginning, both State level and Sonoma Chapter.
His son Mark has his equipment in storage and it is now a burden.

When Dick first went out on his own in 1970 he purchased a projection type Kelsh Plotter.
Mark put out the word but has had no luck selling it or donating it in Santa Rosa.
He is now thinking of selling it for scrap. OMG!

It used the anaglyphic system with blue-green filters, the operator used blue-green glasses.
I do not know if it was converted to the image alternator style.
Images are on glass plates above... fascinating precision equipment. Capable of very high quality mapping in the hands of the "chosen".

It looks like in the attached photo I grabbed from the internet. I actually think his is a bit wider and longer than in this photo. I was thinking the bed slab is more like 5' x 8', but I was young and easily impressed.

It is big and heavy, it took two big men to carry the bed slab upstairs and inside.
The Kelsh frame I assume is aluminum, but that is a wild guess.... it was intended to be heavy for stability. The drawing bed is granite or some other stone, bonded to aluminum... F L A T

It is in a storage unit in Santa Rosa. I don't know if it is assembled or broken down for transport.
It is too big for a SUV, but a full size pickup might work.
I assume it is complete and operational with all accessories, Dick was fastidious.

I will put any interested party in touch with Mark for details.
Anyway, put out the word. Free!

Peter Ehlert
PLS5116@sdi-baja.com
928-499-9540

PS: If I could get spousal approval I would grab it... I will probably not ask, I know that answer.

PPS: I was trained on that plotter in 1970/71 when he first got it, helped when it was first assembled.
I did advance to the point that I could set up a model and produce a drawing.
When I graduated in 72 I decided that Field Surveying and Boundary was for me, sorry Dick.
All day alone in a darkened room... Nope!

[Peter Ehlert]

this is what I remember rather than the first photo I posted

source: Page 5 https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir357

I'm thinking "computer desk"

[RAM]

wished i had a place to put this, because it would just be COOL.

[Warren Smith]

Me too - I've got a retired annuitant working for me who grew up with 4 poster drafting tables. We could replace the working surface in his cubicle with it. He would love it.