One thing I love about owning my own business is the opportunity to learn new things. Here at Superior Shop Drawings, we are always on the lookout for ways to be more efficient when creating Millwork Shop Drawings. To do this, Steve and I explore different AutoCAD Commands and trade notes. A couple of years [...]
Are you thinking of remodeling your kitchen or adding new cabinets to spruce up the look? Understanding the different grades of kitchen cabinets can be confusing. How do you know which one is right for you and your home? Here, we will break down all four grades so that you can make an informed decision [...]
Working with AutoCAD Scale Factors was a necessary evil when I started in an Architectural Millwork Shop. Room Tags, Text, and Various Markers all required scaling to print consistently from one sheet to the next. Scaling thousands of objects in those early years has burned the process into my brain. These days AutoCAD utilizes Annotative [...]
For more than half of my career in the Woodworking Industry, my focus has been on the Commercial side of the business. About six months before earning my Associates Degree in Architectural Drafting and Design, I was offered a position as a Millwork Draftsman and eagerly accepted. The position allowed me to leverage my prior [...]
If you are reading this post, there is a very good chance that you have been introduced to Woodworking at some point in your life. Be it tinkering around in a basement workshop, in a cabinetmaking classroom in high school, or in a Custom Cabinet or Architectural Millwork Shop. Regardless of how you got your [...]
I've said it before and I will say it again, the kitchen is has become the main gathering for many families. The kitchen is where families gather to eat. It is a room where homework is done, games are played, and bonding happens. If you are like me, you spend the majority of your time [...]
When you walk into someone's kitchen, what is the first thing that you noticed? I bet your answer is their kitchen cabinets. In my previous blog about the history of kitchen cabinets, cabinets years ago were simply for storage purposes. As the years have passed, kitchen cabinets now reflect a family's style. When I was [...]
Kitchen cabinets have been around for over 100 years. Think back to when you were young. What did your grandparents' or even great grandparents' kitchen cabinets look like? I am sure they do not resemble anything like your house does today. I remember being young and having Sunday dinner at my grandparents' house after church. [...]
If you have been in the Architectural Millwork or Custom Cabinet business for any length of time, you are probably familiar with the Shop Drawing Review Process. But what if you are a new Draftsman (or perhaps a newly promoted Lead-Draftsman) - would you know what is expected if asked to Review Millwork Shop Drawings? [...]
Not too long ago I received a phone call from a Custom Cabinetmaker that deals with Residential Customers. They received a phone call from a homeowner and were given a short Millwork Punch List over the phone. This was their first experience dealing with a Punch List and needed a little guidance on how to [...]
