the.com/carpenter
part artist, part engineer, all measured twice and cut once with zero regrets
means A skilled tradesperson who builds, shapes, and repairs structures and objects out of wood.
from From the Latin 'carpentarius,' meaning a maker of carriages or wagons — itself from 'carpentum,' a two-wheeled Gallic chariot, a word the Romans likely borrowed from the Celtic Gauls. So before carpenters framed houses, they framed wheels; the trade rolled in from coachwork to woodwork over the centuries, reaching English through Old French 'carpentier.'
- Ancient trade
- Older than the pyramids by thousands of years
- Famous one
- Jesus was raised in a carpenter's workshop
- Sacred geometry
- Japanese temples joined without nails for centuries
- Body language
- Often missing fingertips, never missing pride
- Math secret
- The 3-4-5 rule makes perfect right angles
jesus of nazareth — jewish carpenter in 1st century galilee before becoming a religious figure
john harrison — english carpenter and clockmaker who solved the longitude problem in 1761
norm abram — master carpenter on pbs's the new yankee workshop, aired 1989-2009