Carpentry
Ryan Jacobs
Stone High School
Mrs. Michelle Everett
Ryan Jacobs
March 15, 2015
Third
Research Paper
Carpentry
Carpentry "Universally, a carpenter is considered a person who is skilled in constructing objects and buildings with wood" (Burgess). Carpenters are those who have an expert knowledge of the materials they use and are very adept with using an array of tools. "Following blueprints or other specifications, a carpenter builds, assembles, installs and repairs fixtures and structures that are made of wood" (McKay). "Carpentry is the art or trade of a carpenter; specifically: the art of shaping and assembling structural woodwork" (Merriam-Webster). Carpentry has been traced all the way back to 8000 B.C. in which they …show more content…
Also, each type of carpentry needs much of the same and different types of tools to do the job that is required. Lastly, there are many different types of tools involved in the industry of carpentry. Carpentry tools are tools for carrying out wood work or artistic crafts on wood by carpenters. "Wood working tools help a carpenter or a woodworker in making or repairing objects made of wood or work done in wood, especially wooden interior fittings in a house, as moldings, doors, staircases, or windowsills" ("Carpentry Tools"). Also, there are an innumerable amount of tools for carpentry and are needed to perform carpentry at its best whether in the construction of furniture, building, decorative or other objects. Although, specific crafts and wood work can be made easy if carried out with woodworking or carpentry tools. Carpentry tools can be divided into carious groups for the various amount of tools available based on the criteria of the functions that the tools perform. The basic carpentry tools include: carpenters pencil, hammer, drill, saw, tape measurer, and nail bars (Allen). Other carpentry tools can be divided into specific groups based on their function. The groups are: measuring tools, cutting tools, fastening tools, drilling tools, woodwork hand tools, and woodwork power tools. The functions of carpentry tools are: measuring and marking, sawing, holding, chiseling, planning, striking, boring, checking, sharpening, lengthening or widening joints, and framing joints. "Carpenters also use a variety of mathematical tools, such as a right-angle ruler, which may seem unusual to those outside of the field" (O'Neal). "Sometimes the mathematics that carpenters use is relatively easy. Using simple arithmetic, a carpenter can, for example, calculate the number of two by-four studs needed in a wall of a given length when the studs are 16 inches apart, being sure to include the
Ryan Jacobs
Stone High School
Mrs. Michelle Everett
Ryan Jacobs
March 15, 2015
Third
Research Paper
Carpentry
Carpentry "Universally, a carpenter is considered a person who is skilled in constructing objects and buildings with wood" (Burgess). Carpenters are those who have an expert knowledge of the materials they use and are very adept with using an array of tools. "Following blueprints or other specifications, a carpenter builds, assembles, installs and repairs fixtures and structures that are made of wood" (McKay). "Carpentry is the art or trade of a carpenter; specifically: the art of shaping and assembling structural woodwork" (Merriam-Webster). Carpentry has been traced all the way back to 8000 B.C. in which they …show more content…
Also, each type of carpentry needs much of the same and different types of tools to do the job that is required. Lastly, there are many different types of tools involved in the industry of carpentry. Carpentry tools are tools for carrying out wood work or artistic crafts on wood by carpenters. "Wood working tools help a carpenter or a woodworker in making or repairing objects made of wood or work done in wood, especially wooden interior fittings in a house, as moldings, doors, staircases, or windowsills" ("Carpentry Tools"). Also, there are an innumerable amount of tools for carpentry and are needed to perform carpentry at its best whether in the construction of furniture, building, decorative or other objects. Although, specific crafts and wood work can be made easy if carried out with woodworking or carpentry tools. Carpentry tools can be divided into carious groups for the various amount of tools available based on the criteria of the functions that the tools perform. The basic carpentry tools include: carpenters pencil, hammer, drill, saw, tape measurer, and nail bars (Allen). Other carpentry tools can be divided into specific groups based on their function. The groups are: measuring tools, cutting tools, fastening tools, drilling tools, woodwork hand tools, and woodwork power tools. The functions of carpentry tools are: measuring and marking, sawing, holding, chiseling, planning, striking, boring, checking, sharpening, lengthening or widening joints, and framing joints. "Carpenters also use a variety of mathematical tools, such as a right-angle ruler, which may seem unusual to those outside of the field" (O'Neal). "Sometimes the mathematics that carpenters use is relatively easy. Using simple arithmetic, a carpenter can, for example, calculate the number of two by-four studs needed in a wall of a given length when the studs are 16 inches apart, being sure to include the