[Tagging] furniture maker

[Tod Fitch]

> On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 1/04/2016 4:37 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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>> I m sure there are even more professions that work with wood to construct something, e.g. specialized in building yachts etc.
>> 
> - wood turner .. for a person doing wood tuning in a lath.
> ... I cannot find a simper term for a 'wooden boat builder'.
> 
> ? more? Probably.

I thought that a builder/repairer of wooden boats would be a boatwright.

> On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:27 PM, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 
> A cabinet maker works to much tighter tolerances .. 1 mm or less is usual. Hammers are used for light assembly.
> 
> The wood worker for a house is a carpenter .. they work to tolerance of 5 or more mm .. hammers get used (sometimes with much force!) to correct 'minor' alignments. These people do house frames, floors, roof frames, doors and door frames. They do not fit kitchens - that is cabinetry and needs a cabinet maker (unless the cabinets are 'flat packs' any one can do those!). 
> 
> A person may have both skill sets enabling them to do both jobs. 
> 

I’d expect a decent carpenter/framer to get things within 1/16 of an inch or so which would be under 2 mm. I would have been very unhappy if the carpenters I recently hired were as sloppy as 5 mm, fortunately they we good at their trade.

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