Today we will talk about how to work with wood. Of course, to cover in one article the entire arsenal of techniques and methods of processing wooden parts We can’t, so we’ll only touch on those tips that will be useful to you in the carpentry workshop.
(FIG. 1). In the most responsible wooden structures Parts glued together at their ends or at an angle are also reinforced with screws for strength. Many novice craftsmen in these cases, without further ado, simply poke holes in the parts and drive long screws into them. The screw head remains outside.
But a self-respecting craftsman is unlikely to use this technique - the head spoils the appearance of the product. And the effect of this connection is small. Usually experienced carpenters use this technique.
Using clamps, they glue a piece of board with the side cut at an angle of 75° to the part prepared for gluing. Set the drill limiter to the required level (if you are working not with a drill, but on a machine) and use a drill matched to the size of the screw head to drill a shallow blind hole - the result is a neat “pocket”. Then change the drill to a thinner one (according to the diameter of the screw) and drill a through hole.
The glued parts are connected with screws, and the holes in the parts are covered with putty.
(FIG. 2). Sawing off the long side of a board at an angle requires a steady hand and an accurate eye. But a little trick, sometimes used by cabinetmakers, will help everyone master this operation.
On the upper surface of the board being processed, next to the cut line, a 50x100 mm block is secured with clamps - the hacksaw will rest on it. When sawing, hold the hacksaw at an angle and make sure that the teeth follow the markings exactly. The required bevel is obtained automatically (see Fig. 2).
(FIG. 3). Experienced craftsmen drill it in two steps: first from one side to the middle, then from the other to the end. The results are clean and even holes.
(FIG. 4). To prevent the block, the end of which is sawed off at an angle, from sliding against the stop, resourceful craftsmen glue sandpaper to the supporting surface.
(FIG. 5). If you have to make rectangular frames, don’t be lazy and make a simple device for this work.
In the middle plywood sheet with the guides on a circular saw, make a cut (depending on the width of the workpieces being processed) and, stepping back from it by 5 - 6 mm, nail two planks glued at right angles. Fix the stop so that each plank is exactly at an angle of 45° to the cut line . Support surfaces Cover with sandpaper to prevent the parts from slipping, and get to work.
(FIG. 6). A mark placed on the table 10 - 15 cm from the saw will help you position and then cut the workpiece with great precision.
Two options for making cuts(FIG. 7 and 20). These tips are good if you have to make several identical parts with miter cuts or bevels, as carpenters call them.
The first device is also convenient in that it allows you to automatically determine the desired bevel. For example, you need to get a bevel of 25x300 mm. Install the legs of the device so that around the mark the distance between them is 25 mm. Now press the part to the fixture, as shown in the figure, and cut it: get a bevel with sides of 25 and 300 mm.
The second device (Fig. 20) greatly simplifies the matter when you need to make parts with equal bevels on all sides, for example, table legs.
The figure shows how the legs in this device are cut. The part is placed on the first step and one side is cut, the opposite side is processed on the second step.
How to trim and straighten thin material(FIG. 8 and 9). Even experienced craftsmen sometimes find it difficult to cut a large sheet evenly thin material without special devices. Therefore, many of them, in order not to tempt fate, use a stop block in such cases. They attach the material with clamps to the stop and, resting it against the edge of the table, cut the sheet.
But, if it is necessary to align cuttings of thin material of different sizes, carpenters use another device - a board with a guide and a stop. They immediately place three or four blanks on the board, align them on one side and cut the other, running the device along the groove in the table with a circular saw.
You can also adjust the part on the drum(FIG. 10). Parts for a spherical surface are usually adjusted with a semicircular file. And if you try to do this on sanding drum? We are sure it will be faster and better.
(FIG. 11). It is known that bonded surfaces bond better if they are tightly compressed. But how to compress two planks glued at right angles? You can use clamps with spikes. And maybe more in a simple way. You see it in the picture.
To prevent the prisms from sliding off the planks, cover them with sandpaper or, when securing them to the parts with clamps, drop a drop of glue on them.
(FIG. 12). Wide holes in identical parts can be made with a chisel and hammer. But since you have circular saw, use it for such work.
Make a simple stop with “steps” from scrap plywood or boards. Saw out the “steps” in the board so that the width of each of them is equal to the width of the saw. The distance between the first and last “steps” is the width of the groove. By placing the workpiece on each of the “steps” one by one and making cuts, you will get an even rectangular groove.
(FIG. 13). The edges of a wooden circle are usually reinforced with metal rims for strength. The rim is placed on top of work surface circle, and so that it does not protrude, it is recessed, that is, a shallow groove is knocked out in the wood around the perimeter of the circle, equal in width to the rim.
Quite complex special devices are often used for this operation. But it turns out that you can make exactly the same ledge along the edge of the disk much easier, for example, directly on a circular saw (see figure). To make the work go faster, we recommend processing the circle on a stop.
(FIG. 14). Drilling wooden disks will be much easier if you use a board with a triangular cutout for the stop. Moreover, it must be placed on the table so that the drill is located exactly on the bisector of the cutout angle.
To avoid damaging the veneer(FIG. 15). When fitting large tablets trimmed with veneer, the first thing the craftsman thinks about is: firstly, how not to spoil the surface of the part (not to chip off the veneer) and, secondly, how to make the cut more even. Both problems will immediately disappear if you adopt the method shown in the figure. As you can see, everything is simple: a piece of board is attached to the bottom of the tablet with clamps - the veneer remains intact, and it’s easier to make an even cut.
(FIG. 16). If you glue a tablet from separate boards and do not take into account some of the features of the wood, then the work can be irreparably ruined.
The first commandment: when gluing workpieces, arrange the boards so that the direction of the wood grain alternates. Second: place the clamps on both sides, alternating through one.
(FIG. 17). It is not difficult to cut a wide board with a sharp saw. But a sharp saw will not help you if you are new to carpentry. Therefore, at first, until your hand gets stronger, use a stand - a block - when sawing.
(FIG. 18). Masters know what a difficult, tedious job it is. But it can be simplified if you use the same circular saw. A minimum of accessories: a stop with clamps and a small measuring frame, and you have simple and convenient equipment for making the recesses you need.
The figure shows that the width of the cut depends on the angle at which the workpiece is installed in relation to the saw. A special measuring frame is used to determine this angle.
(FIG. 19). Thin, identical parts, for example, made of plywood, can be sawed off one at a time, marking each part separately, or together: in a bag according to a template. Experience shows that the second method is much more convenient, especially when you need to produce parts with great precision.
To prevent the template from slipping off the workpieces, thin nails are driven into it from below, the slaps are bitten off with pliers, and the rods are sharpened sharply.
Our portal has already talked about what opportunities open up for a home craftsman who decides to make his own furniture. In the article you can read about basic principles and the “tricks” that professional carpenters and proper cabinetmakers use in their work.
Continuing the topic we started, in this article we talk about what tools a novice carpenter needs, and which of the popular sets are worth purchasing “for growth.”
- Where to start choosing tools for making furniture;
- Is it possible to do quality furniture without special tools;
- What is the minimum set of good hand tools that a beginning carpenter needs? Our rating;
- How to choose power tools for the workshop;
- What power tools do professional cabinetmakers use. The best tool from a professional point of view;
- How to approach setting up a furniture workshop;
- What is the difference between a jointer and a planer?
How to approach the choice of carpentry tools
A firm decision was made to start making furniture on our own. However, desire alone is not enough - you need the appropriate tool. This is where the main pitfall lies.
Many novice craftsmen believe that without a large assortment of expensive and professional tools it is impossible to make high-quality furniture. The result of this popular approach is well known. A beginner either does not dare to start work, believing that “I won’t be able to do anything without this device,” or goes to the other extreme - he “runs around” shopping, buying the best tool, without even understanding whether he needs one or another, and how to use it.
However, at the initial stage, it is quite possible to get by with a minimum set of reliable amateur-level tools. The main thing is to give yourself the opportunity to consciously approach the choice, guided by the principle: buy tools for the carpentry workshop as needed.
A clear example of this approach is a bed made by the husband of a member of our portal with the nickname ReginaPiter.
ReginaPiter User FORUMHOUSE
My husband and I moved for permanent residence to the village. We needed a double bed. The husband decided to make it himself, although before that he had never held a small hammer in his hands or made anything at all. My husband told me his vision, and I drew the bed in a special program. As a result, we settled on this option.
The boards and balusters that went on the legs of the bed were purchased at a nearby store building materials. The work began to boil, and this is what the novice master ended up with.
The most interesting thing is that this the right bed was made with a minimal set of hand tools, and all the parts were cut out with a reliable garden hacksaw “taken” from my wife!
ReginaPiter
It was possible to buy ready bed in the store, but the pleasure of work, and most importantly, the end result, cannot be compared with anything. The husband, as they say, got a taste for it, continued carpentry and after the bed made an insulated front door, and then the table.
Conclusion: you need to start making furniture by making simple products that will require the most basic reliable tools: stools, simple beds, simple tables, shelves, etc. And only after time, with the growth of skill, can you think about purchasing an expensive and professional instrument. This is the only way to guarantee that the purchase will be in demand and will not turn out to be a waste of money.
In “furniture carpentry” the main thing is to “feel” the wood, learn to use the tool, and understand whether you like this work. Only in this case will you create products that will become a source of pride for you.
You should also figure out in advance what kind of furniture you will make, cabinet furniture - cabinets, or whole kitchen sets etc., or soft - sofas, armchairs. Or your soul is more drawn to durable designer furniture, with an abundance of complex figured and carved elements. Each direction requires its own specific tool, but you need to start with the formation of a basic and universal set.
The most popular tools for the home carpenter.
Tools for wood carpentry
To make things easier for yourself, all necessary tool can be divided into three large groups:
- Hand tools;
- Equipment and consumables;
- Power tool.
Let's take a closer look at each of these groups.
Hand tools include:
- Hand saw for wood and metal;
- Hand planes and jointers;
- Hand jigsaw;
- Set of wood chisels;
- Iron claw hammer;
- Mallet with a rubber or wooden striker;
- Furniture stapler;
- Pliers;
- Shoe knife;
- Awl;
- Adjustable wrench;
- Set of screwdrivers with straight or Phillips edge;
- wire cutters
Equipment and consumables:
- Workbench vice;
- Clamps. They act as a “third hand”, allowing you to fix parts during processing or gluing;
- Pencil and marker;
- Forstner drills. Used for drilling blind holes with a flat bottom (for internal hinges) in wood and slab materials: Chipboard, MDF, etc. Due to their design, such drills do not tear wood fibers, leaving behind a smooth surface;
- Ring crowns for wood. Used for cutting through round hole large diameter (20-130 mm) in wood, chipboard sheets, etc.;
- Metal drills with a diameter of 2 to 10 mm, in increments of 0.5 to 1 mm;
- Drill bits with carbide tip. Used for drilling into concrete to hang shelves, etc.;
- Set of bits for a screwdriver;
- Set of wood drills, diameter from 2 to 12 mm.
Measuring tools should be placed in a separate group.
This includes:
- Tape measure from 3 to 5 meters long;
- Metal ruler from 50 to 100 cm long;
- Metal square with a side of 30 cm;
- Level 50-60 cm long.
By adding to this set just impact drill and a screwdriver, a person with “hands” can do a lot. In addition to making furniture, these tools can be used for any repairs in the house or country house.
Also, do not forget about the need for a workbench, because... It’s impossible to work normally “on your knees” and get a quality product.
Sitnikoff FORUMHOUSE user,
Moscow.
A furniture workshop is unthinkable without a workbench. I made my first workbench from a 100x50 mm board. The boards were “waste” - left over from waste at a construction site. Therefore, the workbench turned out to be not the most successful, but it still serves me as an editing table.
Choosing power tools for a carpentry workshop
If there are usually no problems with choosing a hand tool, then when it comes to choosing a power tool, a lot of questions arise. Therefore, it is important to make a basic list of the essentials.
To the so-called Basic power tools, without which it is impossible or difficult to make furniture, include:
- Electric drill;
- Electric screwdriver;
- Jigsaw;
- Belt sander.
This set is enough to start making, even if not the most complex, but quality products. In the future, as skill grows and work becomes more complex, the list of the best tools will be expanded.
When choosing a power tool for a novice master, the main thing is not to go to extremes, buying only the cheapest models or chasing expensive professional products from one manufacturer. high quality. It is worth sticking to the golden mean of “price/quality” and choosing a tool not according to its cost, but one that will be convenient for you to use.
Beginning carpenters often have a question: do they need such power tools as milling machine, jointer, surface planer, circular electric saws and at what stage they need to be purchased and what to consider when purchasing, except for the price.
Archimed User FORUMHOUSE
I thought about equipping my workshop. I need to process the boards for wall cladding, and in the future I plan to make furniture. With good hand tools everything is clear, but there are a lot of questions about using electric, and you have to “fit into the budget.” I need expert advice on what I should buy and what I will need in the future. So far my rating is:
- drill;
- screwdriver;
- grinder;
- jigsaw;
- electric plane;
- circular saw;
- hand router;
- thickness planer.
Topic created Archimed, caused a wide response. Many professional craftsmen offered their own options for equipping the workshop.
Sitnikoff User FORUMHOUSE
When I first started carpentry, I needed to make a simple workbench, and all I had was: bow saw, a drill, an old plane, several chisels, Forstner drills and a cobbler's knife. All. But I made a workbench. Now, after 10 years of carpentry, my ranking of the best tools is as follows:
- Milling table with router;
- Hand router;
- Belt and eccentric sander;
- Miter saw;
- Table saw;
- Several electric planers;
- Electric jigsaw, electric drills and screwdrivers;
- Dust removal system;
- Sharpening machine;
- Compressor for a carpentry workshop with a spray gun;
- Thicknesser.
This is not the entire list of power tools. Plus, I had to pick up a lot of hand tools.
Moreover, Sitnikoff does not plan to stop there and is thinking of acquiring:
- Joiner;
- Band saw;
- Drilling machine;
- Wood lathe;
- Install a chip removal and air ventilation system.
Summing up
Answering the question asked Archimed, we can say that the possible set of tools for a furniture maker is directly proportional to his budget, the planned volume and complexity of the work and, most importantly, the area of the workshop. After all, the entire tool will have to be placed somewhere - so that it is convenient to use, and access to it is safe and not limited or difficult.
You can make furniture while working in a limited area, in an apartment, on a balcony, in a hallway. But any master sooner or later comes to the need to build his own workshop. Moreover, a well-planned workshop, with connected communications, well insulated, in which you can work all year round, without regard to weather conditions and length of daylight hours.
To have a guide for the future and understand what you will need to equip your furniture workshop for growth, you can use the following list. This:
- Stationary circular saw and milling machine;
- Miter saw;
- Disk plunge saw with guide rail;
- Band saw;
- Thicknesser;
- Stationary jointer.
You should pay attention to the last two machines, because... Sometimes novice carpenters get confused about their purpose.
For a jointer, the blade shaft is located in the table, i.e. below, so this machine sets a flat plane - the “base”. Jointer, unlike a thicknesser, does not make the workpiece the same thickness.
In a surface planer, the knife is located on top, so this machine makes a plane parallel to the “base”. If you put a workpiece with a “screw” or “hump” into a surface planer, then at the output we will get a planed curved workpiece.
Therefore, first we give the workpiece a plane (we make a “base”), removing the “screw” or “saber” with a jointer, then we plan the workpiece in specified thickness thicknesser.
Conclusion: you should not purchase an expensive, complex, professional instrument “in reserve,” but only by switching to new stage your development as a master. In other words, you buy this or that tool only when you understand that your carpentry workshop is already a small workshop and it is impossible to make any furniture parts without it.
When working with power tools and machines, you must follow safety precautions. Namely: put on safety glasses and thick clothing, button up your sleeves, and tuck your hair under your headdress to be safe. In a carpentry workshop, there must be a first aid kit in a visible place.
And what should a cabinetmaker’s workplace be like?
These are tips, mainly on choosing a tool, for those who have decided to take up carpentry “for themselves”. That is, at least for now, not to order and sell, but to start making something from furniture or other crafts for an apartment or dacha.
There are two categories of those who engage in wooden crafts for the soul: there are those who prefer to work with hand tools, and those who work mainly with modern power tools. The first ones like the way the shavings flow from under a sharply sharpened plane, use a nail file and a chisel to fit the boards. These include, for example, Jimmy Carter. We have great respect for these craftsmen, but we give advice for the second group - those who want to use, first of all, their technical thinking, acquired, perhaps in real life. industrial production, or has an engineering education.
The first question: where to locate the workshop? Reading English-language magazines, we realized that for their craftsmen, the most standard option is to use a garage. In a warm climate, this, of course, does not cause any special problems, but how to work here, with frosts below thirty, or even colder. There is a way out. And this advice is suitable not only for “city workers”, but also for those who are going to work in a summer house, which is usually not heated all week. Tip: use . You can buy a stove in a store, or you can make it yourself. For example, we purchased a “Sibir” furnace from the Novosibirsk Metalworking Company with a capacity of 32 kW, for a garage this is too much, for a small room you can choose a smaller one. It cost us about 12 thousand rubles. plus a sandwich pipe that we made ourselves. The stove “eats” all types of solid fuel, except coal. Sawdust burns beautifully, the main product of a carpenter's activity :). Prohibited use liquid fuel, but our friend in his garage drowns his buleryan exclusively by working off. We flavored it with sawdust and there were no problems. You can burn it with cuttings, which sawmills not only give away for free, but sometimes pay extra for removal. So the cost of fuel in this case is determined only by transportation costs.
Now about the tools themselves. Firstly, if you are going to do serious work, do not under any circumstances purchase multifunctional devices - such as a circular saw, jointer, drill and the like “in one bottle”. In this case, 99% of your working time will be spent on changeovers. In addition, the quality of such “kmobines” is significantly inferior to the quality of the cheapest models of specialized tools, because specialized tool It is made in the conditions of intense competition among manufacturers and is structurally brought to perfection by numerous design and research teams around the world.
Almost all woodworking tools, in fact - milling machines. More or less specialized, but all of them, with a few exceptions (drillers, wood lathes, band saws, jigsaws and maybe some others) - milling cutters. Only cutters of different types. An electric planer, a circular saw, and a surface planer actually mill workpieces.
The most versatile and most necessary tool of all is the circular saw. To some extent, it can replace other milling power tools: electric planer, jointer and planer. But it is impossible to replace a circular saw with a planer or surface planer.
If you cut carefully, then the workpiece after the circular saw will only have to be scraped and polished. Here on our website we can make paneled doors using only a circular saw. In any case, the tables, workbenches, and shelving needed in the workshop can be made using one circular saw, gain the necessary experience, and then start purchasing other tools. First of all, it’s worth doing, which will greatly expand the capabilities of this powerful tool. A series of notes on the use of circulars can be viewed here.
We recommend taking a circular saw with a diameter circular saw, allowing you to cut the workpiece at least 5-6 centimeters. The fact is that if you use a table, and even a sled, the cutting thickness for a single pass will actually be reduced by one and a half centimeters. True, this thickness can be doubled by making a second pass, turning the workpiece over with the cut side up. Well, even greater thickness can be cut if you finish the jumper with a hand hacksaw.
The last thing you should buy miter saw– this is the same circular, but only specialized. The fact is that cheap trimmers do not provide the necessary accuracy - the rotation unit for the vertical angle of the cut is too flimsy, so the angle is poorly held in this place - no matter how you adjust it. At the same time, an ordinary circular saw, built into the table and equipped with a simple slide, in the form of a sheet of plywood and a stop attached to it, makes it possible to achieve fantastic accuracy of angles - we just didn’t have a tool at our disposal that could detect the error: if for sheet blanks, a meter per meter, cut at right angles with shifted ends, attach a ruler, do not allow the slightest gap between the ruler and the workpieces.
Therefore, we use our miter saw, which, due to lack of experience and good advice, at the very beginning of our carpentry studies, we use exclusively to quickly “cut out” the workpieces. In general, the tool is useful in some cases, but there is no great need for it.
I’ll answer the question right away: why waste time on trifles - buy everything that might be useful. Well, if you have the means and there is a place to put it all, we are happy for you. But our advice, first of all, is for those, for example, who have a mortgage for new apartment, and you need to equip the tool with a patch of a standard Soviet garage, but who doesn’t want to inhale the stench of all sorts of formaldehydes in their new home from sawdust slabs, from which almost everything is made? modern furniture. And we still wonder where the epidemic of cancer and allergies came from, which in the USSR we only learned about from the magazine “Science and Life” and never encountered in everyday life...
The next most necessary tool is, perhaps, a thickness planer. This is a planing tool, but unlike a plane, it allows you to calibrate workpieces to the desired size.
So we made a big one ourselves. If we had a surface planer, but no plane, it wouldn’t be much more difficult to make it. But without a surface planer, having a planer/jointer, it would have been much more difficult to make it, but with the skills that we had at that time, we even set about making it.
By the way:- Beekeepers often start doing carpentry when they think about it. Buying such a hive is very expensive, but with a hive tool you can do a lot.
as my teacher said in childhood, you need to start with
tool, or better yet, from a tool box and workbench.
Woodworking: The process of making something using wood.
Most beekeepers become carpenters or use their services.
Woodworking is one of the oldest and most widespread human activities. Since ancient times, when man was just beginning to explore all the possibilities of using wood, he was already associated with this material in all its types and forms. The growth and development of mankind was closely intertwined with the possibility of developing the art of woodworking and the growth in the possibilities of using wood.
Already at the beginning of time, wood was used mainly as a material for building housing, making tools, weapons, dishes and other items necessary for life. With the development of mankind, wood began to be used to create luxury items and decoration. Rafts and all kinds of ships began to be built. This significantly accelerated the development of new lands.
With the growth of skill and knowledge about the properties of wood, this material has become almost everywhere one of the main materials used in all areas of human activity. Those who showed talent for working with wood became respected artisans and craftsmen. To unite and protect their interests, workshops and guilds of joiners and carpenters were created. To preserve the acquired skills and knowledge, they began to recruit students and apprentices for training. Experience and skill began to be passed on from generation to generation.
Among the masters of working with wood, their own specialists began to stand out, each with their own tools, projects and secrets of wood processing. Here are just a few of them:
A wheelwright is a carpenter who makes wooden wheels and spokes.
Bondar is a master of making barrels, tubs and other prefabricated utensils.
A woodcarver is almost an artist who can create a masterpiece from a piece of wood using a chisel.
Wood turner – lathe and chisels, that’s all the craftsman needs in order to make round and symmetrical products, such as legs for chairs and tables, candlesticks, balusters, and turned wooden utensils.
Carpenter - craftsman wooden construction. He must know everything about wood and be able to make from it everything that a person needs for living.
Cabinetmaker – expensive furniture It was made mainly of mahogany, so furniture makers began to be called cabinetmakers.
Shipbuilder - previously all ships were built from wood, but even now this profession is needed - boats, boats and yachts are sometimes built from wood.
Parquetist - creates wooden floors from stacked parquet, combining the colors and structure of different types of wood.
To work, a carpenter needs a board; you can buy it or cut it yourself.
you can saw homemade sawmills something like this
or more professionally with the help of modern sawmills
Nowadays, some of these professions have become rare, but they will never completely disappear. Although steel, plastic, concrete and other materials have largely replaced wood, people will never completely part with wood. Wood products always look livelier, warmer and more attractive to us. No one will put a plastic sculpture in a museum, but a wooden sculpture exists independently as a form of art.
Wood is used in many areas of our lives, including residential and industrial construction, and furniture making. In many ways the application wooden products caused not only by practical considerations, but mainly by pleasure, appearance, the traditions of our society and pride in the beauty of our home.
For many, even today, working with wood provides a means of livelihood. But more and more people are doing various types working with wood during relaxation, it brings them joy and pleasure, it becomes a rest for the soul, their useful hobby.
Something like this!!!
it's also made of wood
In addition to this, in our time, tools, technologies and devices have reached a new level of development and have become more sophisticated. A novice joiner or carpenter will be amazed by the huge selection of tools and accessories for his craft.
An experienced carpenter recognizes that his skill is the result of many years of experience and long training. Knowledge and experience are needed in order to create a beautiful box, a table decorated with carvings, and build a beautiful house.
However, not knowing where to start a project, what to focus your attention on, discourages many novice carpenters
and carpenters, they quickly lose interest and give up this business, believing that it is not for them. On the other hand, starting an overly complex project with a not quite suitable tool, the novice master comes to the same conclusion - it’s not his business and goes into another type of activity.
Fortunately, the tips and tricks of an experienced woodworker can help the novice carpenter in his endeavors. To provide ourselves with comprehensive knowledge of wood processing, we must work a lot, consult with specialists, learn from them the intricacies of working with wood, and take everything useful from their many years of experience.
you can watch a movie on how to make a door
There will be a board, you can do carpentry, but you need to saw it somehow
You need to start with the basic types of woodworking, using the main types of tools. Don't start with overly complex projects. From simple to complex - this should become your rule. Strong knowledge about different breeds wood, the ability to work with basic types of tools, compliance with all safety rules - all this will lead you to success in this matter.
Most of my friends were carpenters in the past and then started making beehives
and engage in beekeeping.
Good afternoon, friends!
Quite often there is a situation when a person who has not previously worked with wood suddenly decides to take up carpentry. There can be many reasons for such a decision. For example, someone became interested in carpentry as a hobby, or a person realized that by doing carpentry as their main job and opening their own small workshop, they could earn income. By and large, the reason, as well as the age at which a person decided to engage in carpentry, are not so important. In any case, the first question that arises for all beginners is the same: “ I decided to start carpentry, tell me where to start? ».
In fact, the answer to this question may consist of several parts: what tools are needed, how best to set up a workshop, where to get knowledge, and so on. Parts of the question about and are exclusively applied and answers to them are not so difficult to find, but the question about where to get knowledge, in my opinion, is key and it will not be possible to answer it definitely.
To help the beginning craftsman, I will give several examples of places where you can acquire basic knowledge about carpentry.
Self-study on the Internet:
Indeed, if you have become interested in carpentry, the first place you should look is the Internet. Use the search - here you can find a huge amount of information: all kinds of sites, thematic forums, video lessons on YouTube. By the way, you can read more about good educational channels on YouTube in one of the previous ones.
One of the most popular forums on Masterova’s carpentry (http://forum.woodtools.ru/index.php)
The undoubted advantage of self-study on the Internet is that it is free. However, the downside of this approach is that there is a lot of information and it is poorly structured. This is why it can be difficult for a beginner to navigate and figure out where to start. Also, a person can be confused by the abundance of different points of view, especially on forums. A novice carpenter spends a huge amount of time reading articles and watching videos, and in the end often does not understand how to do it correctly. As a result, the learning process drags on for a long time and it becomes difficult to continue without seeing progress. And in general, there is a risk that the desire to do carpentry may disappear.
Also, do not forget that you still need to apply the acquired knowledge in practice. To do this, you need to have some minimum set of tools and a room for carpentry work. This can become a stumbling block, because spending significant money on a tool without being sure that you will use it is reckless.
Training courses
Compared to self-study on the Internet, courses have a number of advantages: the course material is clearly structured, there are clear recommendations and the teacher’s opinion on each issue. The teacher will always be able to answer additional questions. Courses, in addition to theory, necessarily include a practical part, which gives the student the opportunity to try working with their own hands, without having their own tools and workshop. In addition, the courses allow you to see your progress in practice, and a set schedule of classes is much easier to follow than studying on your own at home.
This cabinet is the first piece I made in my carpentry course. This cabinet is the first piece I made in my woodworking course.
Of course, the downside of the courses is that they are not free. Many will say that it is better to buy your own instrument instead of paying for courses. But, firstly, in some cities you can find free municipal courses for retraining specialists in carpentry. Secondly, in my opinion, the benefits of taking the courses justify the costs. After all, it is not necessary to attend expensive 6-month courses. To gain basic knowledge about tools, materials and safety precautions, 2-3 week courses are sufficient. And after taking courses and understanding the most basic things, it will be easier for you to find the information you need on the Internet.
Journeyman
If you are already completely convinced that carpentry is what you want to do, then becoming an apprentice is ideal for you! All you need to do is find a carpentry workshop in your city and meet with the master. Many masters are interested in teaching and passing on their knowledge to students. The terms of interaction with the master may be different, but do not expect that at the first stage it will be profitable for you. Perhaps the master will undertake to teach you for free, and you will help the workshop with your work. Or, you will need to pay some amount to the master for training.
This option is the most preferable, as it makes it possible to get greatest number experience in practice. However, you should carefully choose a workshop - make sure that the workshop’s specialization suits you. It is not very logical to contact a door and window workshop if you are interested in wood carving.
These are the most obvious and common ways to gain knowledge about carpentry, but of course there are others. By the way, all methods can be combined with each other in any proportion that seems most correct and effective to you.
The most important thing is real practice. As with any craft, the more you work with your hands, the more experience you gain and the faster you progress at your craft!
Good luck to everyone in the craft!
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