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 [...]
While there are a lot of LISP files for AutoCAD to talk about, there are 5 that I use keeping productivity in mind. I use all of these on a regular basis. Not having just one of them would greatly impact the speed at which I’m able to produce drawings. I can remember when I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
When you spend the bulk of your career doing Custom Cabinet Work for the Residential Market - it presents a unique set of challenges. Of those challenges, there has been one that seemed quite intimidating when I first encountered it. It was a curved cabinet with a 5-Piece Radius Door. Over the past decade I [...]
Are you an AutoCAD Drafter that is on the fence about making the switch from a Traditional Mouse to a Logitech MX Ergo Wireless Trackball? Before shelling out your hard earned cash - take a look at our opinions after using the device for the past six months. Trackballs aren't what they used to be [...]
Accepting New Customers Superior Shop Drawings was established in 2018 by Stephen Newett and Walt White. In the relatively short period of time that we have been in business, we have experienced rapid growth. While this is fantastic - it does come with growing pains. Being a young business, we sometimes face workflow problems. One [...]
At one point in time, if someone were to walk into your Cabinet Shop and hand you a piece of one-off molding to match - it could be quite the challenge. With the advancement of technology today, Matching Custom Molding is much easier than it used to be. Today I’d like to take you through [...]
In previous blogs, I have discussed the shop drawing process. I've also dived into how to go about choosing the right shop drawing company. The one thing I have yet to speak to is the importance of shop drawings. We all know that millwork shop drawings are a set of detailed plans that aid in [...]
With over 16,000 cabinet manufacturers in the United States, it is no surprise that the market continues to grow at a steady rate. The total revenue for 2019 exceeds 16.9 billion Over the past 5 years, the cabinet industry has seen a steady growth of 2.5%. Did you know that 63% of clients splurge on [...]
