If you are like me, I'm sure you can think back to your days in High School and distinctly remember a time when you thought "When am I ever going to use that in real life?" This very thought crossed my mind during a Cabinetmaking Session when we were taught how to calculate Board Feet. [...]
I recently wrote a Blog Post titled Millwork Drafting Fundamentals. The purpose of that particular article was to educate new drafters on how old Manual Drafting Techniques could be used in AutoCAD to reduce errors as they relate to Plans, Elevations, and Sections not matching one another. That post triggered a question that we feel [...]
Back when I was in High School, I was fortunate to be able to enroll into a Cabinetmaking Program at my local Vocational Technical School. This allowed me to spend half of my day in a traditional classroom setting while spending the remaining part of my day learning the trade of Cabinetmaking. When Vo-Tech Students [...]
Have you ever been working on a Commercial Millwork Project and come across something that wasn't going to work out as planned? Maybe you were laying out a Reception Desk and an obstruction was overlooked - creating a problem with the design. Maybe you were laying out a bank of Base Cabinets and the plumbing [...]
A few. months before I completed School to earn my Associates Degree in Architectural Drafting and Design - I was presented with the opportunity to take on the role of Draftsman at an Architectural Millwork Company. Up until this point, I had been working in the Shop and was excited about this new position in [...]
As Drafters and Cabinetmakers, we tend to obsess over straight lines and square corners. After all, it’s what we were taught when learning the trade. What if things were deliberately not straight- like a Curved Millwork Panel along the face of a Reception Desk? In this article we’re going to take away some of the [...]
Back when I was in High School, I took part in a Co-Op Program through my Vocational Technical School. This allowed me to get a part-time job and spend time learning through on-the-job training in place of going to my usual Cabinetmaking Class. It was a great experience that really opened my eyes to the [...]
Every so often, my wife and I will take on the daunting task of finding a babysitter for our kids so that we can go out and visit with friends. It's during these visits where I've had some really interesting conversations about Kitchen Remodels. These conversations usually come about after a friend has fought a [...]
Have you ever looked at a piece of curved furniture and wondered how it was made? Chances are good that if the piece is made from Solid Wood, you're looking at a Coopered Panel. A Coopered Panel (or Coopered Door) is a piece of Woodwork that is made by gluing up a series of smaller [...]
Before I started working in the engineering side of Architectural Millwork and Custom Cabinets - I worked out on the shop floor. Early in my career, I spent about five years working for a company that dealt almost exclusively in Commercial Casework. I spent the bulk of my time pulling Plastic Laminate from Job Bins [...]
