[Tagging] furniture maker

[Dave Swarthout]

As for the ship building equivalent of a cabinet maker, I believe the most
common term for that person is a shipwright, but boatwright is also valid.
I'm not sure if their construction material is limited to wood but I doubt
it.

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 1/04/2016 11:08 AM, Tod Fitch wrote:
>
> On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Warin < <61sundowner at gmail.com>
> 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>
> 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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