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you how to build aproject.The drawing will tell you how big eachpart is,what the material s,what shape eachpart is,and how the parts go together.When youmake your own design,it shows how the finishedarticle should look;so there is no guessing to do.  \n# Reading a Drawing andMaking a Shop Sketch\n\nBefore you can use a drawing though,you willhave to know how to read it.The drawing is yourguide.It tells you everything you need to knowabout the project.Fig.6-1.  \nThis chapter will tell you how to read a drawing.It willalso explain how to make a sketch.If youhave already taken drawing and sketching,thefollowing wil be a review.  \n## DRAWINGS USED INWOODWORKING\n\nAs you look through this book,you'll see thatmost drawings are working drawings.These arealso called view drawings.They have two ormore views(usually three)of the project.Figs.6-2 and 6-3.The most common views are thefront,top,and the right side (end).Many draw-ings found in magazines are pictorial drawings.Pictorial drawings look more like a picture of theobject.The two most common pictorial drawingsare isometric and cabinet drawings.Figs.6-4and 6-5.Notice that both of these drawings showhow the project will look when it is completed andthe size and shape of each part.Sometimes evena perspective drawing is used.Fig.6-2.  \nWoodworking drawings differ.A drawing of aproject will often be made partly as a viewdrawing and partly as a pictorial drawing.Then,too,when view drawings are used,the views arenot always placed correctly.That is,the rightside,or end,view isn't always to the right of the  \n6-1.Learn to make and use a drawing to bulld αproject.  \nBEGINNING wOODWORK  \n## TOOL TOTE BOXALL DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRES\n\n6-3.Only two views are needed of this tool box.Note that the sizes cre metric.  \nfront view.You'l also find many drawings madeas exploded(taken apart)views.This kindshows each part more clearly and also showshow the parts fit together.Fig.6-6.  \nKINDS OF LINES  \nLines show the shape of each part.Differentkinds of lines have different meanings.Fig.6-7.  \n◆Visible (object)lines show all edges or surfac-es that can be seen.They are solid,heavy lines.  \nHidden (invisible)lines show hidden edges.These are broken lines.  \n● Center lines are used to show the centers ofarcs and circles and to divide an object into twoequal parts.  \n◆ Extension lines stick out from the drawing.Between these lines the sizes of each part can beshown.  \n◆ Dimension lines usually have arrowheads atone or both ends and are broken in the center.The dimension figure(size of the part)is writtenin the gap of the dimension line.The dimensionlines and figure are usually placed between theextension lines.Sometimes there is not enoughroom within the extension lines.Then the dimen-  \n6-4.An isometric drawing of a card holder.  \nTOP VIEW  \nsion lines and the figure are placed outside theextension lines.See Fig.6-5.  \n## DIMENSIONS\n\nDimensions tell you the sizes of things.Thesedimensions must be followed in,writing a bill ofmaterials and in building the project.There arefour common ways by which dimensions areadded to drawings:  \n1.Customary (inch)drawings are dimen-sioned in inches and fractions(parts)of an inch.Sometimes the inch marks(\")are placed after thedimensions to show that the sizes are in inches.  \n2.Metric drawings are dimensioned in milli-  \nmetres.Fig.6-3.  \n3.Dual-dimensioned drawings show boththe inch and millimetre dimensions.Sometimesthe inch dimensions are first and sometimes themillimetre dimensions are.Figs.6-8 and 6-9.  \n4.A readout chart can be used.Either met-ric or inch dimensions are shown on the drawing.A readout chart is added showing the dimensionsin the other system.Fig.6-10(page 64).  \n6-5.cabinetdrawingofapiperack.  \nSCALE  \nNearly always a woodworking project is too bigto be drawn full size on a piece of paper.Verylarge projects must be drawn smaller so 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