What is a Joiner? What is a Carpenter then? I don't know the difference. Never got around to find out.
(On the other hand, a cabinetmaker is quite straight forward.)
Now that my workbench is completed, I need to do something in-between projects. Something light to take my mind off the heavy lifting.
If you Google "carpenter vs joiner" the general consensus is this:
A Joiner joins wood without the help of nails(suggesting joinery), while a carpenter makes stuff out of wood, often with nails. Another diff: A joiner works from his workshop, making windows, sashes, stairs, doors, etc., while a carpenter always works on site: at your house.
So a Joiner's hammer will not have claws. It does have a cross pein (pane) for starting brads on mouldings.
But I digress. The joiner's hammer I found on ebay UK for about $10. Without handle. Wm Marples & Sons.
More exactly, it's an Exeter pattern joiner's hammer. The book ( R.A. Salaman's Dictionary of woodworking tools) then went further to clarify that it's actually a London pattern, since the similar Exeter has chamfers on the panes.
I believe on the Brit's side of the pond, Hickory is not commonly used for handles; Beech or more commonly, Ash is used. Here in the Far east, you can buy white oak or imported Hickory replacement handles. Ash? no luck.
I really wanted to be historically correct. Out of sheer luck, I spotted a thick, China-made carpenter's claw hammer, sporting Ash (or what appears to be Ash) handle. $3. Cheaper than a replacement Hickory. So...
I forgot to take pictures of Louis XVI while the charges were read out to the offender. I will of course re-handle the poor guy with a hickory replacement. After all, the design is a David Maydole Adze eye, is it not? I'll give it to my father, a compulsive tinkerer, who uses a screwdriver as a hammer sometimes. By the way, Jeff Burks had an excellent article posted on Lost Art Press. It's an account by James Parton, dated 1879.
Next: Fitting the head.
(On the other hand, a cabinetmaker is quite straight forward.)
Now that my workbench is completed, I need to do something in-between projects. Something light to take my mind off the heavy lifting.
If you Google "carpenter vs joiner" the general consensus is this:
A Joiner joins wood without the help of nails(suggesting joinery), while a carpenter makes stuff out of wood, often with nails. Another diff: A joiner works from his workshop, making windows, sashes, stairs, doors, etc., while a carpenter always works on site: at your house.
So a Joiner's hammer will not have claws. It does have a cross pein (pane) for starting brads on mouldings.
But I digress. The joiner's hammer I found on ebay UK for about $10. Without handle. Wm Marples & Sons.
Solid Cast Steel. What's the "4" for? It's definitely not 4-ounces. |
More exactly, it's an Exeter pattern joiner's hammer. The book ( R.A. Salaman's Dictionary of woodworking tools) then went further to clarify that it's actually a London pattern, since the similar Exeter has chamfers on the panes.
I believe on the Brit's side of the pond, Hickory is not commonly used for handles; Beech or more commonly, Ash is used. Here in the Far east, you can buy white oak or imported Hickory replacement handles. Ash? no luck.
I really wanted to be historically correct. Out of sheer luck, I spotted a thick, China-made carpenter's claw hammer, sporting Ash (or what appears to be Ash) handle. $3. Cheaper than a replacement Hickory. So...
I forgot to take pictures of Louis XVI while the charges were read out to the offender. I will of course re-handle the poor guy with a hickory replacement. After all, the design is a David Maydole Adze eye, is it not? I'll give it to my father, a compulsive tinkerer, who uses a screwdriver as a hammer sometimes. By the way, Jeff Burks had an excellent article posted on Lost Art Press. It's an account by James Parton, dated 1879.
Next: Fitting the head.
A trick I've learnt from fitting Japanese plane iron to their beds. |
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