Journal
Notes from
the drawing office.
How millwork shop drawings are put together, what they must contain, and what to resolve before you issue one. Every figure names its source.
How a millwork shop drawing set is put together
Sheet order, the scale ladder, the callout system and the three blocks that repeat on every sheet — read off a real 16-sheet submittal and the Woodwork Institute's own published sample.
Don't pass unanswered questions through your drawings
An approval signature is a contract event, not a technical one. Where the questions hide in a millwork package, and the three moves that beat guessing.
Before you issue: checking your own set
Callout reconciliation, dimension closure, materials, hardware, coordination — the order to check a millwork package in, and the last pass that matters most.
What millwork drafters get paid
The spread is enormous and nobody publishes it, so everyone calibrates against a stranger's comment. Here is what moves the number, and what is verified so far.
Nothing matches that yet.