• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Gordon's Tools Blog

  • Blog
  • How To
  • Tools
    • Caulking Guns
    • Grease Guns
    • Hot Glue Guns
    • PEX Crimp Tools
    • Staple Guns
    • Laser Measuring Tools
    • Wire Cutters
  • Gear & Supplies
    • Double Sided Tapes
    • Grease
    • Insoles for Work Boots
    • Knee Pads for Work
    • Painter’s Tape
    • Paint Primers
    • Tool Belts
    • Work Socks
  • Q&A

Difference between carpentry and woodworking?

Questions & Answers › Category: Miscellaneous › Difference between carpentry and woodworking?
Subscriber

What’s the difference between carpentry and woodworking?

Best Answer
Paul Gordon Staff

The difference is huge believe it or not but it’s measured in a very very small way. The difference between carpentry and woodworking is 1/8 of an inch. When you’re a woodworker you have to make very precise joints because you’re building things. But when you’re a carpenter you’re building structures and joints matter but they don’t matter. If I’m working outside in a building a deck or I’m building a kid’s jungle gym I could do a lap joint and I could make cuts with a circular saw. But as a woodworker, you would never make a half lap joint with a circular saw. Carpenters have a 1/8 inch tolerance. On an outside structure, this is great. But you never could get away with the joint like that in woodworking.

The information contained on this website is for general information purposes only​. GordonsToolsBlog.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
GordonsToolsBlog © 2023 Design by MC DMCA.com Protection Status | Privacy policy · Terms of Use · Affiliate Disclosure · About Us · Contact Us