In the fields of Architectural Millwork and Custom Kitchen & Bath Design, there is one critical skill that everyone should have - being able to Read and Understand Architectural Drawings. The purpose of this article isn't to make you a Blueprint Wizard - instead, we want to teach you the basics. After you finish reading [...]
Over the past few months, Stephen and I have been making an effort to produce Blog Content that does a good job of anticipating and answering questions from Potential Superior Shop Drawings Customers. In this article, we want to go beyond the basic questions - such as How Much do Millwork Shop Drawings Cost? and [...]
A couple of years ago, I was seriously considering moving on from my then employer. I had been Drafting and CNC Programming Commercial Casework for a little over ten-years and felt like it was time for a change. I was put in touch with the Production Manager of a Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturer here in Pennsylvania. [...]
When Steve and I started Superior Shop Drawings, we knew that business was going to be slow until we began to establish ourselves as a viable source for Quality Shop Drawings. In an effort to fill some of this initial downtime, I thought it would be a good idea to produce Shop Drawings for the [...]
When Steve and I receive a Request for a Quote, it is usually followed by two questions that are absolutely critical to being awarded the project. The first, and probably most important, is How Much do Millwork Shop Drawings Cost? The second, and equally important, is How Long does it take to Produce Shop Drawings? [...]
Before starting Superior Shop Drawings, I spent over a decade drafting Commercial Casework for an Architectural Millwork Company here in Pennsylvania. The company I worked for treated me well and I genuinely enjoyed working there. The one downside to being with that particular company for so long was that there were stretches of time where [...]
When it comes to Millwork Shop Drawings, at Superior Shop Drawings we receive quote requests that fall into two basic categories - Residential and Commercial. Residential Cabinets and Commercial Casework require a different approach to complete and while both are worth discussing, we would like to focus on the Commercial end for the purpose of [...]
A couple of years ago, I worked as a Draftsman for an Arichtectural Millwork company here in Pennsylvania. We focused primarily on Commercial Casework and had a decent system for Creating Quality Shop Drawings. The process started on paper. Our Estimating Department would print off Architectural Drawings on either 24x36 or 30x42 sheets. Those drawings [...]
When it comes to Millwork Shop Drawings, there are generally two common types - Submittal Drawings and As-Built Drawings. The difference between the two types is typically where they fall in the project schedule and information provided during a visit to the job site. Submittal Drawings Submittal Shop Drawings are normally completed prior to framing [...]
Not long ago, we had a conversation with a new customer in regards to CAD Files. This potential customer wanted to know if we released AutoCAD DWG Files upon completion of the project. I was a bit surprised by this question as Steve and I both feel that it should be standard practice. As such, [...]
