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[edit] Finish Carpenter

In the United States, a finish carpenter is generally one who puts the finishing carpentry touches on a building, such as hanging and fitting doors, base and chair moldings, etc. In contrast, a carpenter who builds cabinets is a cabinetmaker. This is true, but more often than not they are the same people. Ghettogirlie92 14:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move the article

This article should be moved to carpentry. We don't keep linguistics under linguist and this is no different. The difference between the profession and the discipline is one that should be made only in a dictionary. In an encyclopedia the information is always found under the discipline.

Peter Isotalo 19:35, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree with this ancient and unfollowed-up proposal. I think it helps clarify the purpose of the article as well. However, it might require significant editing (I dunno, haven't read the article fully yet). Will put up a move tag to promote discussion. Erk|Talk -- I like traffic lights -- 08:11, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Roofer

Where I come from, a roofer is someone who puts the roof cladding on (the tiles, tin, etc.), not the person who puts the roof framing up. This latter is the roof carpenter. Sam Wilson 23:22, 4 July 2006 (UTC)There is a big difference, but at hte same time there is not a huge difference. The roof carpenter puts up the framing and the roofer puts the singles up. they both are carpenters in one way or another.

[edit] Requested move

Carpenter → Carpentry — A carpenter is a person who performs carpentry. This article does not focus mainly on the people doing the job, it focuses on the job they do. Therefore, why is it under Carpenter, adding the extra, unnecessary level of the professional to the profession? We should just be talking about the art itself, with perhaps a subsection devoted to carpenters specifically. Erk|Talk -- I like traffic lights -- 08:23, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Please list at WP:RM. Patstuarttalk|edits 07:52, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joiners

The description of Joiner as an obsolete term is US-centric and ignores the historical significance of the distinction, which is worth preserving. A joiner was historically a woodworker who had an additional skill over carpenters, that of making "joined" frames or panels. There is still a distinction today in that joiners work at benches in workshops with planed timber, carpenters work on site with unsquared timber. User:Andy Dingley 17:18, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Disagree - joiner is current usage outside the US. Addhoc 20:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Isn't that my point? It's currently described on this page as obsolete. That description is US-centric. I have no idea how accurate that is in the US, but it's a current term in Europe. It's also important in the histroy of the development of furniture-making to make the distinction clear. If we had a "History of Furniture" page, then it should even include 'arkwright', which is truly obsolete, but still historically interesting.User:Andy Dingley Andy Dingley 20:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] famous carpenters?

Who researches this stuff? Tim Allen? = Comedian, Bob Vila = Real estate agent turned TV Personality, Harrison Ford? Granddad Skip I had to remove That's Obvious Vandalism at one point or another. Personally I think this section is irrelevant to the article as a whole. ♫Slysplace | talk 17:53, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I've cleaned this up a bit more, many of the names were unverifiable, others were misinterpreted Slysplace talk ♫ 16:38, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Brothers of Jesus

I just read up on Jesus on another article, and it says that the passage would suffer translation issues since there was no word for brother (just kinsman). Should it be changed from brothers since some religions would disagree with this?--82.152.177.245 (talk) 11:35, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 1942 Photo

Is this photo really from 1942? For one thing, it's in color. The resolution looks far too high, the carpenter at work seems to be more muscular than was fashionable in the 1940s, and furthermore the whole thing looks like it was staged on a set made to look like a 1940s-era work site. I doubt the authenticity of the photo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.183.184.6 (talk) 14:33, 23 May 2008 (UTC) I completely agree with you, it looks like he is from a well lit set. Now that it is featured it is more laughable. Giddeanx (talk) 17:47, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

  • The photo description gives the source at the Library of Congress. They seem to think it's from 1942. Cactus Wren (talk) 23:32, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting irrelevant link

I'm deleting the link to the "One simple carpenter" Flash video, as it has nothing to do with carpentry. Cactus Wren (talk) 23:28, 23 May 2008 (UTC)