I think it wood work.
....that woodwork. I think I nailed it, but nobody saw it.
The go to Home Depot and get wood.
Since you have to create a post to ask a question and so many posts are pretty basic maybe this groups needs a weekly discussions thread?
My advice to anyone looking to be a carpenter/skilled labourer or just get better on the tools for their own projects etc is to get some 2inch by 1inch pine and some hand tools and learn how to make some popular joints.
With the help of YouTube you will be making dovetails in no time. The skills require to do this will help you understand the basics behind most tasks completed on site or in a factory. Anyone with the hand eye coordination to make perfect dovetails is ready to learn about power tools and how to safely use them etc so it’s a great stepping stone to build up your confidence
If you have any questions feel free to ask, I’m a on site fitout/joiner type more than a framer but happy to try help if I can.
What should I know before hand? Any advice you could give would be grand!
Post says most of it. What are the best channels for carpentry? I ask because it’s not always the case where the best are the most popular, especially in the skilled trade channels. I’m talking about full fledged instructional house building type channels.
18, have two job opportunities. Carpentry, which the company is more relaxed and they all seem like cool people. Or welding, All i know about the company is they’re very strict and drug test. Id prefer to have welding as a career, but im also starting to learn towards the relaxed lifestyle of carpentry. What do yall think.
I am interested in carpentry, but was wondering how other trades compared. Plumbing, for example. Do plumbers really make much more, and is it worth the extra pay?
Hi all! Been thinking about transition from my office job to study Heritage Carpentry and Joinery at a local college. I currently work in an office as the editor of a military history magazine which...is decidedly not solarpunk, so I'm eager to do something different.
Heritage carpentry and joinery is all about fine craftsmanship, something capitalist society has forsaken for mass manufactured (read: cheaply made) products. Building your own furniture and wood goods is therefor, by my mind, anti-consumerist and anti-capitalist. Beyond that, you're bettering your self due to the handy skills and bettering your community by providing helpful goods and services. Additionally, due to the localist production and sale, alongside using sustainable building materials, heritage/fine woodworking is also a fairly sustainable job. Plus I can still keep using my journalist skills to write about sustainable woodworking/craftsmanship etc. Only downsides I can see are less pay and a more demanding physical labour (which might not be so bad).
Any cons I'm not seeing? What do you all think?
Can anyone give some insight into the diversity of work within each trade, how they differ from each other, their respective demand, possible specialisations and salaries? Excuse my ignorance but all I
understand carpentry to be is building frames for houses etc and cabinetmaking to be work such as kitchen manufacturing or shopfitting. Cabinet making seems to me to be a more diverse area of work. I would like to start an apprenticeship and leaning more towards cabinet making as I have an interest in high end furniture, but I would also like to learn the carpentry skills such as frame building etc. I am also in my late 30s but physically fit. How would I go gaining an apprenticeship at this age? Would I be studying Cert III in carpentry for either one or is there a separate qualification for cabinet making. If anyone has any experience with this I'd love to hear your stories. I am in Australia.
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Many of us like to play music while carpenting etc. It's free energy.
I like something dancey. Presently enjoying Infected Mushroom.
My old partner preferred classic rock.
What do you like?
I love the idea of this program, but I'm hearing mixed things about Holland College.
Has anyone had any experience with this program/Holland college in general?
I'm 26 with a wife and new baby. I got 2 more years in the military and trying to decide my next steps. I absolutely love the idea of working with wood, whether it's framing homes or smaller craftier work. Really want second opinions as my wife isn't sold on the idea. We're homesteaders, and I really like bushcraft and working outside.
What do ya'll think? I'm toying with the idea of reeinlisting and switching to an engineering job to get a little experience and have a couple more kids before going to trade school, but my wife is trying to persuade me to go the fire fighting route.
Carpentry has the most draw for me, but maybe I'm romantisizing it?
If it matters, I have little to no experience, but I learn quick and love hard work.
Edit: we will probably move back home to the PNW, Washington/Oregon.
Hey there, I'm looking for some general advice for pursuing a career in architecture whether that be as an architecture technologist or a big time architect. I'm 23 years old as a 4th year carpenter apprentice in Canada and I've came to the conclusion that swinging a hammer and standing walls is not my ideal career of choice for when I'm older.
I am very business oriented and I would like to start a business no matter what that takes. I nerd out when it comes to business talk and whatnot. I would prefer learning a new career path to build a business rather than being on the tools since it's so hard on the body and there's working at heights and risk involved.
Also, could being a house flipper be a possibility with this occupation? I have dreams of creating a real estate portfolio.
I'd love to hear what some of you have to say!
Can anyone give some insight into the diversity of work within each trade, how they differ from each other, their respective demand, possible specialisations and salaries? Excuse my ignorance but all I understand carpentry to be is building frames for houses etc and cabinetmaking to be work such as kitchen manufacturing or shopfitting. Cabinet making seems to me to be a more diverse area of work. I would like to start an apprenticeship and leaning more towards cabinet making as I have an interest in high end furniture, but I would also like to learn the carpentry skills such as frame building etc. I am also in my late 30s but physically fit. How would I go gaining an apprenticeship at this age? Would I be studying Cert III in carpentry for either one or is there a separate qualification for cabinet making. If anyone has any experience with this I'd love to hear your stories.
Can anyone give some insight into the diversity of work within each trade, how they differ from each other, their respective demand, possible specialisations and salaries? Excuse my ignorance but all I understand carpentry to be is building frames for houses etc and cabinetmaking to be work such as kitchen manufacturing or shopfitting. Cabinet making seems to me to be a more diverse area of work. I would like to start an apprenticeship and leaning more towards cabinet making as I have an interest in high end furniture, but I would also like to learn the carpentry skills such as frame building etc. I am also in my late 30s but physically fit. How would I go gaining an apprenticeship at this age? Would I be studying Cert III in carpentry for either one or is there a separate qualification for cabinet making. If anyone has any experience with this I'd love to hear your stories. I am in Australia.
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