I am retired from a variety of jobs, but the first job I ever had was drafting plans for church furniture. (I was still in college.) A company's blueprints had all burned in a fire, and I was given samples of their products to measure and recreate the drawings. After some experience doing that, I'd be shown pictures of other items, and I'd draw plans from those.
I'd help my Dad tear down a house & use the lumber to build a garage-workshop when I was 12, and had taken several drafting courses in high school and college - but I really didn't know much about what I was doing. Employer was happy to have my drawings, though.
I had a few woodworking tools, but not a real "shop" when my home was flooded a few years back. I finally have my own work space again (12 X 20') and have gotten my tools out of storage. I'll need to remove a little rust, but I think they'll all work. Belt-sander has never been out of the box. I received it as a gift from my son shortly before the flood.
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