48 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING 
A drawing which is made the exact size of the object 
represented is known as a full-sized drawing; but for 
large objects such a method would necessitate large and 
unhandy sheets of drawing paper. It is customary in 
such cases to make what is called a scale drawing. 
A scale drawing may be half, quarter, or eighth size, 
and the fact is printed under the title in smaller letters, 
thus: $ inch = 1 inch, or $ inch = 1 inch. 
Other scales may be used. In map making, for ex- 
ample, a sixteenth of an inch may represent one, ten, 
or even a hundred miles. Whatever scale is used, how- 
ever, the dimensions must always give the exact size of 
the object represented. 
