Adjacent to each bench is a large drawing board, about 6 x 8 feet in size, made of clear soft wood of sufficient thickness to be rigid, and conveniently supported.

When the pattern maker receives from the drawing room a working drawing from which a pattern is to be made, his first step, after determining the allowances for shrinkage and finishing, is to copy the drawing to full size on the board, marking with compasses and steel scriber, and using the shrinkage rule for measurements.

The next step is to decide how the pattern shall be drawn from the mould, and then the method of putting it together is decided, i. e., the way in which the various pieces of wood composing it shall be joined. The pattern maker is now ready to get out the needed material and work it into shape.