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 <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/04/2016 11:08 AM, Tod Fitch wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Warin < <[email protected]> > [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. > > ? 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 < <[email protected]> > [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. > > > Might be under 1/16 after the hammer application. Or probably after > packing out the frame to the fittings (like windows, doors). > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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