What kind of woodworker are you?

[Jacob]

New trade is helping communism march to world domination...

Not at all.
It's very common to be led to believe that civilisation is just some sort of communist plot which will lead to the gulags etc. Lazy thinking!
No coincidence that it suits the oligarchs to discourage progress, as they do ceaselessly through the media, 99% of which they own.
You have to think for yourself and not in terms of vague and simplistic labels.
Wishing you all a happy Christmas and a revolutionary new year!

 

[stuckinthemud]

Wood-carving teacher. Nnnno, not a turner, no it’s not the same thing, no I don’t use those spinny things…. Once got booked for a demo in a college open day where I was the carving and love-spoon carving instructor for a love-making demo……

 

[graham88]

I feel I still haven't polished any skills enough to define it as a "craft" yet. Most of my projects, until recently, have been born out of a need/desire to have something and I'll always try to fix/make something before I buy it or pay someone else to do it. So probably cheapskate is the most applicable label.

 

[dzj]

Joiner - furniture maker. 30 odd years...
Most work nowadays is of a subcontracting nature.
They send me drawings, I make the wooden bits, when they pay me, they're free to take them off my hands..

 

[BentonTool]

At the risk of offending, I must pass this on:
"Wisdom... is knowing what to do.
Skill... is knowing how to do it.
Virtue... is doing it."

 

[Stigmorgan]

At the risk of offending, I must pass this on:
"Wisdom... is knowing what to do.
Skill... is knowing how to do it.
Virtue... is doing it."

You could circle back to wisdom is knowing when to stop.

 

[Chubber]

What sort of woodworker am I? A hopeful one......

 

[Chubber]

Apropos of post 45 above...

Education teaches you that a tomato is a fruit but common sense tells you it doesn't belong in a fruit salad.

 

[Sideways]

Apropos of post 45 above...

Education teaches you that a tomato is a fruit but common sense tells you it doesn't belong in a fruit salad.

Small town parocialism !

Tell that to the population of Asia.
I've eaten dozens of salads where tomatoes sat alongside pineapple and dragon fruit ....

 

[sneggysteve]

Poor - no money left after buying tools I want but don't need

 

[Doogs]

Amateur but, keen to learn!

 

[houtslager]

Bodger, tinkerer and wood butcher

Snap

 

[SammyQ]

Carpenter by force of circumstances (newly married/ no money); joiner ditto (still continuing with three 30-something children availing of "Dad-DIY?"); aspirational cabinet maker, everybody has to have a goal. Even in retirement.

 

[Morag Jones]

Butterfly!
Happy to have a go at anything but not seriously skilled at anything. Wishing there were more hours in the day.

 

[HamsterJam]

Butterfly!
Happy to have a go at anything but not seriously skilled at anything. Wishing there were more hours in the day.

Me too!

 

[Nick.]

It's weird as I know the ins and outs of many machines to a fairly detailed level, I sell them but I'm not a full time woodworker as a trade. When it comes down to doing stuff around the house, I often over compensate and take forever to do a simple job making it overly complicated and pull out tools I have kicking around and take too long to do something - if this was was my trade I'd probably be bankrupt is the reality.

 

[BearTricks]

At the risk of offending, I must pass this on:
"Wisdom... is knowing what to do.
Skill... is knowing how to do it.
Virtue... is doing it."

Wisdom is knowing when you’re replying to a two year old thread.

 

[Pabs]

I would say I'm 10% attainment and 80% effort type of person at this

So, I was talking to a friend who is a 1st fix carpenter about how we refer to ourselves as far as our woodwork goes, like a lot of others on building sites he prefers chippy which I know to anyone outside of construction would be an insult. This got me thinking (dangerous I know but it does happen from time to time) what would you guys consider yourself, until I discovered woodturning I would have said that I'm a keen and able DIYer that could do most basic woodworking, a year on from my first turning I would now class myself as an amateur woodturner.
Over to you guys.

I would say I'm 10% attainment and 80% effort type of person at this. Am very passionate about this skills acquisition side of this as well as appreciation of the stock, the practice and the art of it all
But I'm going to plateau quire quickly I feel
Not to say I'll never stop trying

 

[TeeCee]

Cabinetmaker. I only do furniture. (Well, and DIY around the house of course....)