How to answer "What type of woodworker are you?"

Other person: What kind of woodworker are you?
Me: Slow. Even slower than Ken.
Other person: ????
Me: Never mind.

I make very expensive sawdust.

Wood butcher.

I knew a man who use to work at a local Millwork, he said he was a wood machinist. I rather like that, for me as a hobbyist I tell people that woodworking is my passion but that wife says my shop is my hobby :D

Very entertaining! I just tell people I'm a carpenter. Keeps the expectations low.

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Originally Posted by Andrew More

I get asked this a lot. I never know quite what to say to people. I find most things involved in woodworking to be interesting, and I've dabbled in quite a few. Mostly I seem to just build things for the shop.... using the shop. So self-referential woodworker? :)

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I describe myself as a purveyor of expensive scraps……Regards, Rod

How about "an expensive one". That stymies the request to make something cheap they were about to make.

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Originally Posted by Stan Calow

How about "an expensive one". That stymies the request to make something cheap they were about to make.

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I like that. :)

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Originally Posted by Paul F Franklin

How about, I'm the kind who has spent a lot of time, energy, and money building up a very nice workshop where I occasionally produce something I'm not embarrassed to show others.

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That's probably the most accurate describing myself.

I say "....I make fine furniture on commission".