carpenter/joiners

[Paulboy]

whats the difference between carpenter/joiners?

 

[shaggy]

Good question, & while we're at it - a 'clamp' and a 'cramp'?

 

[petewood]

Adhesive and Glue?

 

[Thermo]

joints and screws

 

[H&J]

I was told many years ago that a joiner makes the stuff off site, windows,doors, staircases etc. and a carpenter fits them on site as well as all the other woodwork required in the building, 1st & 2nd fit.
Don't know if that's completely accurate but it makes sense.

Clamp & cramp, one holds together, the other forces together, just a bad guess really.

Adhesive & glue, no idea, I'm stuck for an answer (cutting edge or what)

 

[breezer]

Adhesive & glue, no idea, I'm stuck for an answer

I make no bones about it, i think that reply was a bit tacky, but i think you should stick with it

 

[gord55]

A joiner 'joins' (makes) things, a carpenter fixes the finished item. I know carpenters make joints in roofs etc, but that's the original meaning. You wouldn't normally get joiners working on building sites, nor carpenters in 'joinery shops'.

A clamp doesn't involve screw threads to fix itself (but possibly to ADJUST itself), but works with a sudden action, like a Mole wrench. A cramp tightens by means of a screw thread.

Adhesive and glue are surely the same thing...

Screws and joints? You're not serious are you, Thermo?? If you need to know what a screw looks like, just ask.

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polite note, see 17

 

[Thermo]

hey its not an old post now so i can reply!

i meant a joiner would use proper joints in a piece of work built in a workshop, in preference to screws used on site by a carpenter!

 

[gord55]

Apologies - the lack of a question mark should have told me...