Staedtler Mars 661 A3 Drawing Board, DIN A3, High Quality, Made in Germany, White, Impact- and Shatter-Resistant Plastic, Parallel Drawing Rail, Double Groove Guide

This is an absolutely wonderful tool. I have wanted a drawing board for years, but the ones available locally have those bulky, wire mechanisms for the straight edge. A lot of people who buy them seem to return them as well, a bad sign in my view, as they are quite pricey. It looks flimsy on the web, but I have found it to be surprisingly light, sturdy, and rigid. Everything just works. I am an illustrator, and love using traditional tools to produce my work. The straight edge orientation is easily and quickly changed, and my set squares glide smoothly across its edge. There are similar options available for about 1/4 the price of this one. I find that the "made in Germany" label was worth the extra cash in this instance, as my experience with materials from China have been a crap shoot. Highly recommended.

I use this drawing board to plan out my wood making projects. I’m no expert in mechanical drawing, but this board does everything I need perfectly. It allows me to lock down my paper, and I can lock down the horizontal ruler, as well. It stays put and I never worry about it moving around like another brand I tried. You’ll want to purchase a couple of triangles and some paper, a protractor and a compass, pencils and eraser, and you’ll be all set. And a brush to sweep away eraser crumbs. It uses the metric system, so I scale my drawings to 3cm per foot. I’m very happy with this system.

This is a good board in its own right, with a good T-square slide setup, but...The paper retention clip at the bottom of the board (lower right corner) pushes the edge of the paper up about a millimeter, such that the alignment groove for the bottom edge is worthless.The optional drafting head lacks a protractor, so setting it to an angle is more difficult than it needs to be.The optional carrying bag is not in stock, with no indication of when it will ever return. Makes is difficult to take the board into the field.The scales are only in millimeters, which is less than convenient for us in North America.All in all, the Koh-I-Noor board with all of its limitations is a better value for many people's needs.

I should have purchased this years ago. One of my hobbies is woodworking and I usually draft a plan before starting a project. Over the years I have made many plans. This drafting machine is a definite time saver. It appears to be well made. The horizontal bar slides smoothly in grooves and I don't have to worry about a T not being against the side of the drawing board as I do when I use my old T-square. When I purchased it, I also purchased the Variomatic drafting head. The drafting head is a nice device and is very handy when doing isometric drawings. It can displace the traditional triangles although in some cases they are quicker to use. Since the drafting head mounts on the upper side of the bar it is difficult to use on the bottom section of the paper since you can only bring the bar down to the bottom of the machine table. I usually mount the paper toward the top of the machine table. In summary, I am glad that I passed up the cheaper machines found on Amazon and spent the extra money to get this device. You get what you pay for.

I like this drawing board. You need a large paper size if you want to clamp the paper down. It's plastic but solid enough.

El tablero de dibujo llegó en buenas condiciones y es ideal para dibujo técnico.

I like to compact size and ease of use.

Fits into medium sized messenger bag...Great for students!