"Wood Butcher" is a self-deprecating term I sometimes use when I'm in a flippant mood.

@davidlowson100

2 жыл бұрын

A sawdust fabricator, maybe?

@rogerbayzand4455

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! "Rough but strong" was how one boatyard owner described my work just after I had done a fine stepped scarf on a teak toe rail repair.

@a_w_bukhari7579

2 жыл бұрын

Hello colleague

Cheers for the mention Scott! Glad those tips helped. Always welcome to build the cabinets at my workshop 🙃

@default9740

2 жыл бұрын

Isn’t his container bigger😂? I’m always blown away by what you produce in your space.

@AlexandMaggie07

2 жыл бұрын

Are we taking collab here? 🤩🤩

@TheOffcut

2 жыл бұрын

@@default9740 Hahaha is it?? Yeah probably...

@ScottBrownCarpentry

2 жыл бұрын

Lol! Between us, we might have enough room to build a kitchen one day?

@andrewcarr2431

2 жыл бұрын

I checked out your videos, your handiwork is awesome.

A new SBC vid two days in a row?! #blessed

UK based oak framer here. I make oak structural timber frames (traditional/heritage type construction) - A specialist type of carpenter. A carpenter makes wooden structures: walls, roofs, decking, floors, tree houses, playgrounds, cabins, etc from the ground up. A joiner is someone who makes features which go inside a building: windows, doors, kitchen cabinets, stairs and fits them inside a building, along with floorboards, skirting etc etc. A builder is someone who builds structures. This includes carpenters masons and brick layers. In the UK we have the term 'general builder' - this is usually someone who does a bit of everything or will have a full, multi skilled team. Technically joiners are not builders. But the term is misunderstood and many people who refer to themselves as joiners actually mostly do both carpentry and joinery.

Scott seems like one of the nicest guys in world lol

In Brazil we call them "marceneiro" (joiner) a person who builds cabinets and work with wood. "carpinteiro" (carpenter) a person who usually builds structures - mostly the ceiling parts. "Pedreiro" (bricklayer) is the main service where the person builds walls, floors and usually uses bricks and cement, where a 'construtor'(constructor) is the contracted person who builds he entire house with his employees or 3rd parties. There's also the 'serralheiro' who is a person who generally works with metal structures and welding.

@Hedriks

2 жыл бұрын

in that sentence, I see a Carpenter (Joiner/fitter), a Brickie, a Builder, an Engineer, a Concreter.

@tearodman

2 жыл бұрын

There's a funny term for the small repair guy. In Brazil some places we call them "marido de aluguel" (husband for rent). The small things are generally the house circuit breaker, shower, outlets, kitchen plumbing, faucet, lights, caulking and painting bathroom, etc.

Hey Scott, in Germany it's even more complicated then in New Zealand or the UK. For most jobs we have different people doing them. Since we use lot of Concrete and Stones in our Houses, we have a job called Maurer (directly translated: waller) then you have plumber, electrician and all this things you guys know. But then the wood work. There is a Bautischler (directly translated: construction carpenter), who is specified in high quality doors and windows. Our normal door are pretty much pre build btw. We buy the door frame, which already contains a special two piece hinge. Then the door has got the second piece of the hinge. And then we have normal Tischler (normal carpenter), who are specified in building just furniture. And then there is a Zimmerer (directly translated: Roomer), who isn't specified in rooms ;). These guys make the roof construction. It then there is another guy, who closes the roof with normal metal panels, some sort of bitume thing or smaller shingles. Just to name some construction jobs ;) Ahh and sorry for my German English. I hope everything is understandable Cheers Alex

@longuevalnz

2 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank Alex, dein Englisch ist sehr klar und verstehbar. Interesting to see the terms used in Germany

@fduisterwinkel

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I'm wondering if the dutch general word for carpenter (timmerman) has the same root as the german Zimmerer

@Robert-cu9bm

2 жыл бұрын

Then it gets even more confusing when you go to toilet.... Which zip should i use! :)

@alexanderkunne16

2 жыл бұрын

@@fduisterwinkel Well, could be. I'm not an Belgian expert but Timmerman could come from timber or have the same roots as timber. Although it sounds pretty much the same, Zimmerer might come from Zimmer, which means room in German. But as I said I'm not sure about that :)

@longuevalnz

2 жыл бұрын

@@fduisterwinkel yes. German initial z = Dutch and English t. Zu - toe - to

Hey Scott, you inspired me to finally buy some tools and build my own "shed", I ended up turning it into a little hang out for me and my mates when they pop over. Built a seating and table in it and I wouldn't have built without your videos inspiring me to do it. Thanks for the vids man.

@tonysoprano3691

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@spencerp7048

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacklancaster1445 i do. Man's is sharing something he ls proud of

@vinhwang5143

2 жыл бұрын

hey，I do BCITO course ，I want do get LBT of builder, is it good ?

@kizzjd9578

2 жыл бұрын

Man cave 👌

@ismailchaniago6910

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacklancaster1445 I do mate, that's awesome for someone with no carpentry or building background to build, that's something to be proud of mate

In the US, a 'builder' is usually a company that develops land to build new construction homes on and contracts out for the individual trades to build the houses. Often the on site superintendent is referred to as the 'builder', who schedules and oversees the work of the various trades but doesn't do any of the work.

@tanethomas

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly the same in Australia. A builder manages the build and organises trades such as carpenters with the bonus that we’re allowed to do everything except plumbing and electrical ourselves if we want. Carpenters can’t call themselves builders, it’s an extra qualification with training to observe the national construction code (obvs SBC would meet competencies though). New houses and structural work requires oversight by a builder. I think NZ chippies have always been more extensively trained than Aus though?

Here in Sweden is all workers who work with wood called "Snickare", therefore the name of the Snicker's workwear brand. But we add a prefix to define whih kind of wood worker or snickare: Möbelsnickare (Furniture carpenter) - Build furniture, chairs, coffe tables etc. Maskinsnickare (Machine carpenter) - A joiner - builds stairs, door, windows etc. Byggnadssnickare (Building carpenter) - A framer - builds houses, decks, fences etc. But we have one exception: Timmerman, which means "Timber Man". A Timmerman is specialized in builing and restoring wooden log houses. Wich is almost all 1-3 story houses buildt before year 1900 here in Sweden.

My mate who is a qualified Carpenter calls me a Sugar bag Carpenter because i am not qualified builder. His first job as an apprentice was to build his own Tool Box. Love you work Scott Brown

The way I’ve always seen it is that the builder is the one with the cert 4 and usually in charge of the job site and the carpenter/chippy is the one with the cert 3 generally the contractor or works for the builder (Australia)

@thomasDLC

2 жыл бұрын

Yes agreed and you don't necessarily have to be a chippy to be a builder but it helps

@verceti2395

2 жыл бұрын

cert 4 isnt a builders licence. you dont even have to be qualified in cert 3 to apply for you cert 4. cert 4 is generally business management. There a 2 types of builders DBU and DBL, U standing for unlimited and L standing for limited. DBL allows you to apply for a builder qualification on specific components of various building projects and is easier to achieve. DBU qualification requires an extensive knowledge of the construction processes from start to finish. this is also why it is more helpful to first be a carpenter before becoming a builder. And im not sure of the exact process for obtaining a DBU but im fairly sure it consists of exams/ courses that can be quite pricey and i believe non refundable if you fail. i also think you are required to sit in front of a panel who will quiz you on various construction processes/ regulations, from the footings to the waterproofing requirements ect.

@lamdog24

2 жыл бұрын

@@verceti2395 Exactly what you've said is correct. To actually be a licensed builder is actually quite tough and most fail. There are courses out there to help prepare you for it but not compulsory

When I did my apprenticeship, bout 30 years ago, we were trained as carpenters and joiners. I've gone back to the same training centre to teach the course recently and it's still Carpentry and Joinery. The difference over here in Ireland is a carpenter does the site work, 1st fix, roofing, 2nd fix, shuttering etc. The joiner does the workshop stuff such as making the windows and doors and building the stairs and running off architrave and skirting. Some people just stick to either Carpentry or Joinery but I was lucky enough to always keep my hand in all aspects of the trade. I was pouring concrete onsite today, I'll be making iroko panelling in my workshop tomorrow and I've two stairs to make next week. I don't do kitchens or wardrobes anymore but I do enjoy doing built in units occasionally. I should also add that I absolutely fucking love my job. I whistle going to work and I whistle coming home. Love the channel Scot.

In the Netherlands we call that job a "timmerman" (EN: Carpenter) but literally translated "timmerman" means 'a guy who's knocking on wood -with a hammer-' 🛠️

@longuevalnz

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting that timmerman = English timber+man

Here in Germany we have "Schreiner" (also called "Tischler" depending on Region) who do cabinets, windows, doors, kitchens, everything from stairs to furniture. Nowadays a lot of "Plattenwerkstoffe" which is a blanket term for plywood, mdf, hdf, particle board etc., but the in the 3 year apprenticeship (that we have for most trade jobs) there is a lot of solid wood jointery and construction too. Companies usually specialize in some aspect of the field. This is where Festool is big. Then we have "Zimmerer" who do roof structures which often still are solid timber on our brick houses here, carports and everything else where timber framing and big structural stuff is involved. This is where Mafell a big brand, the prices you get overseas are insane though. What you can even do with the scoring cut is use a climb cut for an even cleaner edge because then the teeth will press down and not up when cutting, be careful tho.

In Norway we call it "tømrer" (builder). These guys mainly do the construction of for example a house, and everything related to that. A snekker (carpenter) does all the inside work such as kitchens, stairs, doors etc. and specially designed interior. Keep up the good work on the channel!

I have been a carpenter for 50 years and i find myself thinking sometimes " what would Scott Brown do " ( WWSBD) feel free to make the tee shirt :)

@ProkrastinationMeisterei

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not a carpenter, just an amateur who likes turning dead tree bits into sawdust. I too find myself thinking "WWSBD"

Your videos are always tonic for the soul!

Hi Scott, I call myself Hans. Yeah, I'm not a professional builder or whatever, just have a tool addiction and a dissatisfaction with most products you can buy in the store... 😂🤣 Oh, about that sacrificial top layer on your workbench, what I do is use a slightly thinner board of ply or osb, maybe 12 or 15mm, and then generously cover it all over with the cheapest crappiest thinnest double-sided carpet tape. It doesn't really stick well, but that's good, because then I'll add a layer of 3 or 6mm thin board, maybe ply or pressed hardboard. The amount of tape makes it stick well over the entire surface, but when it's due to change, it's a I minute job of just peeling up one end (hope the tape sticks better to the workbench side) and replace the sacrificial top layer. Obviously don't use hardboard if you're going to use the bench outside in the rain, but inside it works wonders. Thin ply works well for outside. 😊

Hi Scott, it’s a confusing world of terminology! I live in Yorkshire and although I’d describe myself as a carpenter (and cabinet maker but let’s not confuse things!), locally I’d be called a joiner. However in the south of England I’d be a carpenter or Chippy. Technically a Joiner is someone who works in a workshop making items, whereas a carpenter is site based and installs these items. That said, I don’t turn down work from someone who uses the wrong term for me. And I’ve owned the Makita plunge saw for a good couple of years and didn’t know it had a score cut option, guess I should try reading the manuals 🤣. Hope you guys are safe and healthy…..

@simonablett8613

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought a joiner was someone who ‘joined wood’, whilst a carpenter had more specialist skills like turning, or creating fancy details, and a chippy was basically a joiner. The inference being that a joiner was by necessity more focused on quantity (floors, frames, ceilings etc.) whilst a carpenter was perhaps more detail focussed and hence lower volume. Both very skilled jobs, two ends of the same stick.

@robb6120

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Darren, I'm a time-served (indentured apprentice) carpenter from the south of England. Now an NZ Citizen though 😊. I agree with your description. I qualified as a Carpenter & Joiner as I spent time and training on site and in a joinery workshop. However, as the majority of my time was on site I'd call myself a Carpenter not a Carpenter and Joiner. My understanding is Joiner makes the joinery in a workshop and carpenter fits it on site but also does structural and finishing work around the building (mostly timber or sheet material related works).

@saml5154

2 жыл бұрын

I’m also from the UK and I’d always thought that carpentry was more to do with structural wood such as roofs, joists, etc and joinery was more finish work such as skirtings, doors and architraves 😀

@DamnedDamnedDamned1

2 жыл бұрын

As a general rule... a carpenter covers ‘first fix’ work while a joiner covers second fix but as you say, most carpenters and joiners can and will cover both aspects. You can usually tell them apart by their chisels funnily enough.. carpenters usually have 2 or 3 steel capped chisels for hogging through the bulk of material while joiners usually use chisels for finer work

Love the outtakes! Stay safe down there! Cheers from San Francisco.

I'm from England and here if you're on site you're a carpenter/chippy. If you work in the workshop you're a bench joiner/joiner. Also laminated MDF/Ply is more like 19mm here. Enjoy your videos, you use your circular saw so much more than me, so good to see the techniques you use. (I don't build a lot on site, it's all made in the workshop, where we have a table saw with a scoring blade...no breakout)

In the Netherlands we would call you a "timmerman": a man who hammers.

@olfertpoelen

2 жыл бұрын

en in duitsland maken we het dan een stuk spannender: Zimmermann, Tischler, Schreiner alles dudes met Hamers

In the Netherlands Carpenters are called ‘Timmerman’. Timmer is very old Dutch for: building made out of wood, or just: wood, like the English word Timber. Man means Man. So basically Timmerman would translate as Timberman.

Thanks for all the videos Scott. It's so chill and educational. I learn new stuff every time, and you inspired me to try woodworking as a hobby and make improvements around the house. I now own a few great Makita tools, and regret nothing.

Builder Cabinet maker Carpenter Bench joiner First fix joiner Second fix joiner Site joiners Chippy's Wood butcher Roofer Kitchen fitter Machinist 😂😂 So many terms but an over lap in most. I spent the first seven years in Scotland on building. But as it was all commercial shops...we were called shopfitters!! Did you ever come accross shopfitters?

Love your channel! Keep the clips rolling bro 👍🏾

Hi Scott, I drilled and routered a hole and rebate into my workbench top to accept the 1/4 Makita router so that it can be used as a portable router table. Makes it easy to router slim material. This worked as I also added a larger square base to the router.

We use a peice of 2 inch rigid insulation board when cutting sheet good with the track saw. Keeps the bench top clean.

Hey Scott, I'm a carpenter in Germany. Carpenter means Schreiner, and a Schreiner builds Furniture, stairs, windows and doors. We also install our work. That's normal for small companies, bigger companies have Holzmechaniker, they build Furniture,... in big numbers, they also have schreiner who install their products. People who build decks and roofs,... are called Zimmerer. Hopefully you can understand that. Greetings from Germany 👍🏻

Hi Scott, I continually watch your every episode and love it because of it being similar to Australia. I am a retired builder from North/Western New South Wales Australia. For me to qualify as a builder I was required to be either a carpenter or a bricklayer (trade apprentice). You would then be required to complete a further three years of certificate four. This included an overview study of all sub trades. The reason for this was for you to oversee all other trades on the job whereas a tradesman was not. Hope this sounds similar to what you have any New Zealand.

Love your vids Scott. Good luck with the lock down mate

You're the man Scott. Literally. Love your content man, keep jamming. Followed both channels, and Paulk's. Love the recs. Good luck on the lockdown...ouch, that is crummy. Cheers from ATX my dude 👍 should grab some merch now, also. Love that I learned about the smoko from you 😂😂👌😎

Hi Scott I qualified 35 years ago as a city and guilds carpenter and joiner in the north east of England and was always told a carpenter works with heavier timbers traditional roofs floors stud work etc and a joiner does the finishing doors skirting architraves etc love the channel keep going through lockdown

I'm 26 year old carpenter from Australia, did the usual kinda work in oz doing my apprenticeship then moved to Edinburgh aswell for a year and a half and that was a spin out with how they build houses over there and how out of plumb every old flat is learnt a lot there and as a 'scottish joiner' you also fit kitchens (that was really good to learn) in Australia never did that because we have cabinet makers that do, but now I live and work in denmark now and here carpenters (tømrer is carpenter and snakker is cabinet maker) they actually build the whole roof from trusses to putting the roof tiles on. I'm doing a natural slat roof in a month very excited. Every country is so different to work in I love it

Welcome to the land of lockdown mate...am in Sydney, so it's nice to see others are joining us in the solitary life. Hope you guys get out of it sooner than us, we're stuck in it for another month 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ Cheers from Aus Scott, and keep up the great work and vids...love em here over the ditch

@bigjohnconnect

2 жыл бұрын

It’s cause someone who came from Australia to NZ why we in lockdown in the first place. 😂🤮🤢

I'm a Joiner/Cabinetmaker. The official german term is 'Tischler'. Even tho many people, especially in the south call it 'Schreiner'. During the apprenticeship you learn Cabinetmaking as well as structual work like hanging ceilings, building decks and framed walls (most commonly inside), cladding, window fitting (even tho there are qualified Windowfitters around) etc. Kind of the same things you do. Even if building regulations and dimensions are often different ;) A Carpenter in Germany does only structual wood work. Building houses (framing), roofing, carports, etc. Funny thing is, when I did my work and travel in NZ back in 2016 one local guy I worked for told me I'm more like a joiner, I had Carpenter listed in my CV, as I do more Cabinet Stuff. 'A Carpenter does more building' he went on. Just to add to the confusion :D

4 rows of benchdogs will help prevent sagging on long end to end cuts. It will be especially helpful with preventing laminate tearing at the end of cuts. If you align your sheet perpendicular with one end of the bench you can easily place the cut in between the two pairs of rows.

Hi Scott, longtime viewer / subscriber, but-st time commentor. I live in England, so here builders are usually bricklayers and roofers all in one. The 3 terms you used, carpenter / joiner / cabinet or furniture maker - are used here mainly. Carpenters do any framing, external ie timber frame building, also door frames / hanging, skirting etc. Joiners usually work in a shop and make window frames, kitchens, etc, these are then fitted by a carpenter or builder, just to confuse. Cabinet makers (US) and furniture maker as names suggests, make the fine furniture, dining tables, chairs, any free standing cabinets such as amoires, etc. That's the way it was explained to me. I do timber framed garden rooms, so much like you foundations to roofing, window fitting. I just say I am a builder, it often saves a lot of explanation.

Good work

Awesome videos!

SBC you are a busy busy boy!👍😎well done for the explanations.

UK certainly Chippies but I used to get it wrong knowing which untill a proud joiner told me- if you break a window on a building sute a carpenter will fit a new one whilst a joiner will make a new one. Great info vids,keep it up

Good day I'm in Whidbey island North of Seattle Washington we spent 3 months in New Zealand loved it and I call myself a carpenter builder handyman go figure LOL but I do clarify that I'm not a licensed contractor don't want the stress I'm 63 years Young so that makes sense love your videos keep it up

In the US(at least the northeast) a "contractor" usually refers to a General Contractor, which is someone who is licensed and insured to manage a construction project. They might subcontract to specific trades or have direct employees depending on what kind of work they do, but they aren't themselves required to be qualified tradesmen.

@charleselkins4546

2 жыл бұрын

True, but where I live with respect to home renovation and one-off home construction jobs, the best contractors are highly skilled in some aspect of construction, and the best could almost build the house by themselves (but don't, as good employees make good profits for their company).

@peterwooldridge7285

2 жыл бұрын

And that's similar to how it works in Australia. That said, many Builder's have a carpentry background

Scott, you could talk about making a cup of coffee and I would watch……Oh, you did that already. Never mind. Keep it up, your videos just keep getting better.

I'm from Maine, USA. I build hardwood furniture, demo and remodel, build decks n stairs, and trim walls n windows, etc. With obvious overlap I'm respectively a woodworker, contractor, carpenter and finish carpenter.

2 videos is as many days. I needed that, thanks mate.

Generally in the UK a joiner will work in a shop joining wood (mortice & tenons, dominoes etc) making doors windows and the like, whereas a carpenter usually works on site, great channel thanks

Hi Scott, Here in France a "maçon" is a builder but mostly concrete and bricks. A "charpentier" is mostly working on roof structures. We have "menuisiers" (joiners) for windows, doors and stairs. We have "ébéniste" for furniture but it is often "menuisier-ébéniste" combo. Lately, there is "agenceur" who are specialist in kitchen, dressing and cabinets stuff. Good luck with level 4, here the situation is not as good and I wished my government as the courage of yours. Stay strong

Hi Scott, i have the same problem with the top of the benches getting chewed up from skill saws, rail saws etc. I put a layer of 6mm mdf on the top so that when it gets bad you only replace the 6mm and not the whole top. Just a thought. Love the videos, keep the coming.

@lennarderceg8152

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Martin Good idea, just beware MDF dust isn't good for your lungs. Plywood might be safer???? I think??? 🤓

My understanding is the term of Chippy comes from British wooden boat / ship building, in that the workers were allow to take the off cuts / “chips” of wood home, to put on the fire

Love the outtakes. I hate that forklift with a fiery passion :)

In Australia: Carpenter: Builds house/building frames and does all timber work for houses/buildings (What you do). Qualification = Cert 3 in Building and Construction (Carpentry). Builder: Someone who is a Licensed/Registered builder. Don't need any "trade qualifications" to be a registered builder. A Registered or Licensed Builder in Australia focuses more on the admin/paperwork side of building (building contracts, material costing, OHS, work schedules, submitting building applications to Town Planning Departments, etc.) Qualification = Cert 4 in Building and Construction (Building) Cabinetmaker: Makes cabinets; Usually kitchens, bathrooms or cabinets for commercial use like in retail stores. Qualification = Cert 3 in Cabinetmaking Joiner: Doors, Windows and other specific or bespoke fittings (halfway between Cabinetmaker and Carpenter). Qualification = Cert 3 in Joinery Furniture Maker: Makes furniture; Not kitchen and bathroom cabinets but tables, chairs, credenzas, etc. Qualification = Cert 3 in Furniture Making Shopfitter: Makes and Installs cabinets, furniture, installations and signage for retail and commercial spaces (supermarkets, retail stores, education facilities, offices, etc). Usually A shopfitting company employees both Cabinetmakers and Shopfitters (cabbys work in the factory making the cabinets, while shopfitters work on site, installing them). Qualification = Cert 3 in Shopfitting.

In Germany we are called "Zimmerman" :) the direkt Translation would be "Roomman" because they do everything that is Wood in the Rooms of a House, but they do Wood constructions an wooden roofes as well

Locally here in the middle of Canada general terms are…. Builder - builds houses from open lot to finish. Carpenter - fine finish work, doors and casing, baseboard etc Contractor - does a little bit of everything. General contractor - takes your money and hires the cheapest subcontractors to maximize profit Cabinetmaker - builds kitchen/bathroom cabinets, custom closets. Construction company - just about any project from ground up commercial to partial Reno’s. Jointer - machine that gives you two square edges on a board.

In Norway, builders are called timberers, because houses are mainly built in wood, even larger ones with a building in Bergen called "The tree" and a huge wooden building along the river Mjøsa called "Mjøstower" And carpenters we call "snekker" or "Møbelsnekker"

Bonjour Hi from Montréal, Canada! Montréal is a bilingual city, and in English we say Carpenter, but in French we say Menuisier (Joiner). If you go to trade school the course is Carpentry-Joinery in English, or Charpenterie-Menuisier in French. It wasn't until I started working for a French-only company that I realized that the word carpentry is actually rooted in the Old French word carpentier, from Latin, which means "maker of carriages". The modern French term "charpente" means "frame". So in French it's Framer/Joiner. In English Montréal we use the term "Framer" to describe a carpenter who does new construction and actually puts up walls, lays joists, and mounts the trusses full-time. Not sure if that's the same in NZ. It's funny to me that in English we use carpenter and framer as different things, but etymologically they're really close to the same definition. That type of work would also fall under what we call "rough carpentry" here. Rough meaning anything that isn't Finishing Carpentry. The French actually use the English term for that kind of work, but they usually spell it "ruff" instead of "rough". There's also a whole rabbit hole to go down with the European French tradition of Trait de Charpente, which is really incredible cathedral-building wood-working based around scale sized drawings on the ground. It's really incredible stuff. There are some great videos on KZread if you want to check it out. À tantôt (see you soon)

ha ha ha ha ha ha massive laugh out loud moment for me with the forklift.

Scott you should want Ron does for his work bench; he places sacrificial board on his work bench to do all his cutting; that way he does not damage his work bench top. Stay safe and keep up the good work.

Your channel is so watchable. I am a kiwi now but grew up in South Africa. In SA, my grandfather was a carpenter (or chippy) but because we usually build in brick in SA he was more likely a joiner. I can tell you that whenever we drove past a building he worked on he told us exactly what he did on that building.

Hi Scott absolutely love the channel, really are a big inspiration to me, love learning tips and tricks off you. I’m from Plymouth in the Uk and here we also call ourselves chippys or Carpenters, I think a builder is more of a multi-trade term over here. Hope you’re well and can’t wait to see some more stuff soon!🇬🇧

nice work mate stay safe cheers.

My Paulk style bench has an 18mm ply top permanently fixed onto the torsion box, then I have a sheet of 6mm mdf stuck on the top with double sided tape as a sacrificial cutting top, I replaced it after 3 years when mangled and the tape held up just fine over that time and super easy to replace

When I worked in a joinerery shop in teh UK as part of my apprencticeship we would have some 3 x 2 battens covered in felt that we would put ontop of the benches to protect cabinetry we were building.

Now that you have the bench dogs, you need little bits to raise the side wings to the same height. A U-shaped bit of wood? Or cut small notches into the wings, and have a long piece of wood that notches into place? It can go inside the main bench when not in use.

Thanks for your videos Scott! I’m constantly changing what I call myself here in NZ because I was building mostly plywood wardrobes but also some musical instruments and other random wood stuff! Now I’m doing a part time building apprenticeship in carpentry haha. Now I just say I’m a builder and if we have time I’ll explain what that actually means for me haha!

Love the video

In Scotland it is generally a joiner for someone who does building trade work, a carpenter for someone who does furniture grade work and chippy is often used in filming for set builders.

Two videos two days in a row! You spoil us x

Canadian here friends. Contractor could be anyone who starts a job based on contract. Usually a tradesperson from framer, to security camera tech. Carpenter is a former, framer or finisher. Sparky for electrican. Rod-buster for a re-bar installer. Joiner uses wood joints to join wood. Mortise and tenon, etc usually building cabinets or furniture. On site large joinery is a timber-framer. We don’t use builder. Cheers from the North. 🇨🇦

Here in the Netherlands we have a specific verb for hammering nails into wood; 'timmeren'. A carpenter is thus a 'timmerman'. Cabinetry is usually made by interior builders (interieurbouwers) or furniture makers (meubelmakers). Resoration carpenter (restauratietimmerman) is also a fairly common specialisation, due to the many monuments and historical buildings we have in NL. Builders are called 'bouwvakkers' but thats a very broad term describing anyone who does physical labour on a job site.

In French we have different names. Traditionally our houses are made of stone/bricks/concrete so the biggest structural elements including wood is the roof structure which we call "la charpente" and that is built by a "charpentier". Otherwise the person that builds and/or installs non structural parts of the buildings like floors, doors, trim, windows is the "menuisier". Then the people building stand alone furniture is the "ebeniste". But that term tends to apply only to high end solid wood furniture, usually the "menuisier" will be able to build common furniture, especially built ins

landscape carpenter (Canada) Decks, Pergolas, Gazebos, Fences, Sheds… basically all wood structures outdoors 🤘

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I like the setup in your vehicle. Well done

I'm from the USA on Ohio specifically. I am a finish carpenter, but also go by remodeler or remodeling contractor. Love your stuff.

I am from Straya (Australia) and we call it Chippy for carpenter and Builder for Builder 😋 Loving your content mate. I am doing an Architecture Degree and currently procrastination while watching your videos.

In Ireland were affectionately known as one of the following 1) Wood Butchers 2) Plank Savages Or if your really good 3) A Timber Whisper

In Finnland we are called "kirvesmies" and it translates to axeman 😄 but it means builder. Also "puuseppä" is used often. It translates to woodsmith and is more closerto carpenter or joiner.

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Hey Scott - don’t know if someone’s mentioned this already but Gary Thomson (he’s got a channel on here) told a good joke in one of his vids - he said the difference between a joiner and a carpenter is that a joiner works with wood and a carpenter paints cars ;)

My idea of a joiner is a person that uses a lot of glue and screws, and stationary machinery to make things like kitchen cabinets, door frames, etc. I always saw is as the less precision version of a cabinet maker, which is somebody who makes furniture.

I was a Builder in Europe. Basically a cement orientated craftsman who knew how to lay Bricks, make concrete structures with ALOT of steel reinforcement, how to plaster and offcourse, knowing which TRADIE will do what kinda job. I had alot of translation to do when i came to Build houses in New Zealand and had to get used to buying my own Tools with a mobile workshop, a Ute, Van, or station Wagon.

What you have here is a Venn diagram where the circles have 90% overlap and the differences between the different labels speak more to small differences in emphasis and technique (and even local differences in language). I'd put carpenter at the center as the oldest word and the one that plainly says "makes things ranging from chairs to houses out of wood". But as our standards and expectations of what materials and features go into making a building have changed, what counts under the label "carpentry" has changed. There's also more specialization due to the large scale of construction (bigger companies that build a neighborhood full of housing or large buildings) and different materials and techniques (modern building is way more than the wood and stone of the past: framing, cabinetry, finish carpentry, fine woodworking, concrete and formwork, electrical, plumbing, heating, insulation, drywall, roofing...).

in America same thing a Carpenter , finish Carpenter (jointer), contractor (does it all from concrete work to full house build) also same as (Home Builder title) , there's also A General contractor, main contractor or prime contractor is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project, he doesn't swing a hammer just yells. love your channel Scott watching all the way from Monterey Bay Area California

I started my own business a year ago and you are one the people that inspired me to do it and it's been one of the best decisions I've ever made Me and wife love your channel Stay strong

Here in Norway we are «tømrer», directly translated “timberer”. But in everyday speech we call ourselves “snekker” and means carpenter. If you say you are a “tømrer” it is very likely that folks would think you cut trees in the forest, but those guys are called “tømmerhuggere”. Back in the old days in Norway we had loghouses as the main building method up until around 1900. Loghouses are called “tømmerhus” and therefore we are called “tømrer”.

In Scotland a builder is also called a "brickie" a d they build brick and block (concrete/cinder/breeze/construction) structures like houses. NOW, thus is important because in England houses are built using concrete blocks on the inside and more often on the outside too but sometimes they use bricks outside for aesthetics. There is an air grap to stop the rain getting from the outside layer or blocks to the inside layer of blocks. In Scotland we've nor built houses like that for 40 or more years. Some people still do but it's either because they are a subcontractor for an English house builder/contractor or because they are a small company like Scott. True Scottish homegrown companies build houses very similar to NZ BUT we put concrete blocks on the outside with bits of metal between the blocks screwed to the timber on the inside to stop the blocks falling off. Here it's called timber frame but now it's called SIPS or structurally insulated panels. SIPS are closed with sheet timber on the outside and a breather membrane, factory injected foam insulation in-between the timber studs and sheet timber with batons on the inside. The batons are there for plasterboard or gib/drywall to be fixed to once the cables and pipes have been installed in the gap the batons create.

Love your channel. I’m in the US state of Missouri, middle of the country and around here your would be a carpenter as you work in wood. My uncle was a builder in that he would build buildings such as schools and such. I’m fascinated by your channel and just how you do things in your part of the world. Awesome

Hello Scott! Love watching you’re vids. I’m a tiler here in Australia and practicing carpentry aswell... same here in Australia Carpenter’s are called chippy😊

I'm a carpenter and today I had to cut out tiles and then climb on the roof to help a plumber clear a vent (in the 100F/35c heat). Carpenter here in the states is basically the guy who's onsite all day and has to say yes when the boss goes "eh can you just do it?"

In America, or at least in the south east part of america I'll list the rough meanings Contractor: A guy who builds house using sub contractors. He's mostly a manager Sub contractor: a guy who does a specific thing i.e, plumber, electrician, roofer, etc. A carpenter here in Southern America is a guy who does interior trim, finer framing, installs premade cabinets closets and some custom built on site cabinets. A cabinetmaker builds the cabinets, either in a shop or we get a factory to build them. The reason I keep saying Southern America (for those who don't live here) America is so big that different states and parts of the country have completely different names and slang for stuff.

Already subscribed to The Offcut and King Post Timberworks. I'm guessing I subbed because from your previous recommendations lol What a nightmare with the rain (and lockdown) you should get walls for that little gazebo, might help you out a bit in the mean time. Also, could you bring the gazebo to your container and have it right at the entrance of it? So you are making a much larger space

I’m in the US. I am in the carpenters union but work under “mill cabinetry”. More confusion lol. Love the channel Scott!

we play that game here in germany as well....we got Zimmermann, Tischler and Schreiner . I always tell myself its explained in the depth in detail they go with their work.

Carpenter - Chippy - Builder (after cert 4 and 2 years working for a builder) but called a builder by the mature generation - Handyman - Jack of all trades - Hope your lockdown goes well - I'm in Sydney NSW - 7 weeks and counting - not totally shut down in my zone but most jobs you cant access peoples homes because they are home .

Traditionally, New Zealand houses have been constructed from wood, so carpenters have been involved building from start to finish. In some other countries, where they use brick and block structurally, the bricklayer is the 'builder'.

Hey boss. Just a heads up. When making a scoring cut with the track saw, make sure to run it backwards, in a climb cut. That way the blade is pushing down through the veneer and therefore eliminating the tear-out. Best of luck. Oh, and I consider myself a carpenter here in Richmond, VA, USA.

In the US, we go by several names. Builders, contractors, framers or renovators. General contractors have to know all aspects of building, electrical, plumbing, framing, drywall, roofing, painting etc. etc….. There are contractors that specialize in a trade, but GC has to know code on all of it.

"I hate that forklift with a fiery passion" great t-shirt idea. LOVE your videos.