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    What Is Woodworking?

    Aug 31, 2018 4 minutes

    IT IS A CRAZY WIDE WORLD OUT THERE.

    I call myself a woodworker because I have been messing around with the craft in various forms for decades now. But if I were to tell someone what I do and they replied, "That's great… will you carve me a statue of George Washington?" I would have to say, I'm not that kind of woodworker. And that would be my answer to several woodworking queries.

    Which brings me to my question: What is a woodworker? Is the guy who framed up my house a woodworker? Is a gal who makes guitars a woodworker? How about

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