A Commonplace Book

Category: carpentry...

  • the house praises the carpenter
  • the art and trade of cutting, working, and joining timber
  • many of the tools and techniques of carpentry, perfected after the Middle Ages, have changed little since that time
  • making door frames, cabinets, countertops, moldings and trim - with the skill of joining wood inconspicuously
  • hammers, pliers, screwdrivers, awls, planes, chisels, crosscut saws, ripsaws, tenon and dovetail saws, keyhole saws, levels, rulers, and a pencil - complemented by power tools
  • the carpenter singing as he measures his plank or bean
  • As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds. (Buddha)
  • Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. (GG Marquez)

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