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

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

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    I make very expensive sawdust.

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    Wood butcher.

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    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

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew More View Post
    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?
    I describe myself as a purveyor of expensive scraps……Regards, Rod

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    How about "an expensive one". That stymies the request to make something cheap they were about to make.
    < insert spurious quote here >

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stan Calow View Post
    How about "an expensive one". That stymies the request to make something cheap they were about to make.
    I like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul F Franklin View Post
    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.
    That's probably the most accurate describing myself.
    - After I ask a stranger if I can pet their dog and they say yes, I like to respond, "I'll keep that in mind" and walk off
    - It's above my pay grade. Mongo only pawn in game of life.

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

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