[Tagging] furniture maker

[Warin]

On 1/04/2016 11:08 AM, Tod Fitch wrote:
>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:61sundowner at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> On 1/04/2016 4:37 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
? May not be just wooden .. fibreglass, metal .. ?
A google suggests that it is a surname, no trade suggestions. It may 
have been a trade in the past.
>
>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:27 PM, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:61sundowner at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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.

Might be under 1/16 after the hammer application. Or probably after 
packing out the frame to the fittings (like windows, doors).
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