Key Steps In Woodworking

The process in which woodworking goes through is very time consuming and depends not only on the worker but also the expected product.
Every worker breaks the process down in their own way so the steps that different woodworkers take may vary. “There are five main steps in woodworking: (1) planning and design, (2) cutting, (3) drilling, (4) fastening, and (5) sanding and finishing.” (Jared, Pg. 1). Planning and design is the most crucial part of the process. During this step a woodworker must calculate precise measurements and create a layout or blueprint of the final product. By doing so the worker is building a solid foundation of where to start when the wood is ready to be made into the final product. Next in the process is cutting. This

Throughout the process, there are numerous opportunities for someone to mess up or make a small mistake while cutting or drilling an even sanding. In case of a sand through, have a touch-up marker around and use it by running it along the sand through. It will help make the mistake seemingly nonexistent (Great Book of Woodworking Tips, Pg. 80). When sanding between every layer of finish it is easy to have a small sand through so woodworkers will have different shades of touch up markers to fix the small issues. Depending on the tree, mostly hardwood trees, there will sometimes be knots due to the pore sizes. Some woodworkers leave the knots but others do not. So a technique used by woodworkers as a knot repair is to add a mixture of clear epoxy and fine saw dust to the voids (Great Book of Woodworking Tips, Pg. 80). Some people will add a color to the clear epoxy to create a more colorful product in the end. Many tables are made using this technique to fill any knots in the trees wood when cut for working. A worker can use certain tools to do this or mix the fill

People used woodworking as a way to provide a shelter for their families and to create ways to travel to better environments no matter the cause. Today people will pass a building and think that is it just a building, but it is not just a building. It is a piece of art. Someone at some point took their time to build that structure whether it is a house, museum, church, or etc. The architecture of some buildings today took the skills of a very qualified and dedicated woodworker/carpenter. Look at the buildings in New Orleans, some of them, in fact many of them, have been standing since before hurricane Katrina in the year 2005. Some of the structures have been refurbished but the details on the architecture from decades ago are still remaining. Each separate building has its own style of architecture. This is because of the different styles from the woodworkers/carpenters that have put work into building those houses. Those workers come from different parts of the world. In New Orleans, there are French and Spanish based architectural buildings due to the background and history of the city. This just comes to show that woodworking was being used in more areas of the world than in the