Holley Johnson
English IV
24 September 2014
Carpentry in a Nutshell In carpentry there are many different tools and skills that are used which affects the world in many different ways. People have been doing carpentry for a long time. Carpenters are an important factor in order to live a safe and healthy life. There are many pieces of carpentry and many processes that are involved in carpentry. Also there are many different types of woods and shows there multiple different density levels. Much more is involved into carpentry that many people do not know about. Also there a different steps that are involved in creating a product that are explained in many ways. Carpentry dates back even further than the biblical times and …show more content…
When making a product you must always plan it out and must figure out where it will be placed and be sure whatever the furniture or home will be able to fit in the said area. This is the main beginning piece and it is called the blueprints, blueprints make the whole product become a pure and perfect product. When using the blueprints it allows the carpenters to see what the product looks like, and also it gives all of the precise measurements, angles, and also it gives the dimensions and every precise detail of the product and shows how the product will look when it is complete, well at least how the product should look, it prevents from messing up the product and making it come out incorrect. This is where the mathematic skills come in, mathematic skills are a key element used in carpentry without knowledge of math a product will not come out as it should look (Charles Bailey). The next step in carpentry is finding or purchasing the raw materials, collecting these materials is a fine step, without having raw materials you will not be able to create a product it is physically impossible to make the product with these raw materials, also when working with these materials there is a necessity for tools, one cannot simply build a piece of furniture or home without tools, such as nail guns, table saws, sanders, wood glue, and many more other tools that allow the product to become fully complete and finished, there is also one other key step in order to complete the product in order for the it to be finished off and completed as the buyer or consumer would like their personal or sales product. The last step of this process is building the product, when building the product you must use the tools to create the product which then you apply the blueprints and use the measurements, angles, and dimensions to create the product, when doing this step always be sure to apply the blueprints, without the