> On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Warin <[email protected]> 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.

> On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:27 PM, Warin <[email protected]> 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.

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