Get the Right Guy for Your Carpentry Jobs

Don’t be dejected by your past encounters with inexperienced carpenters who don’t know their job and still expect a fortune for their payment. Skilled labour is getting increasingly hard to come by, and carpentry jobs are of no different. The work quality of a carpenter depends fully on his skills and knowledge. Therefore, it is important to choose a good carpenter who can prove his skills in his works that will last for a long time with the guarantee of safety and usability.

Here we bring you the steps or the tricks to figure out how to differentiate a good carpenter from bad ones without actually having to give him/her a shot at your carpentry job. You read it right, no trials and (painful) errors! A clear cut way to decide whether or not you need to invest your time and effort in running the newbie through your task – simply peep into his/her toolkit and match it with our checklist, If you see anyone who comes close to what we describe in this article, you’ve got yourself a carpenter that’s for keeps. Read on to discover the revelations that are to save you from the endless closure to your carpentry jobs.

Chisels

You know the carpenter looks for precision in his/her carpentry jobs when he/she carries a chisel – brownie points and sometimes more of them with varying sizes. A chisel comes in handy when to execute clean, precise woodcuts for carpentry jobs such as door hinges and other areas of work that require measurement and precision.

Clamps

A seasoned carpenter would more often than not bring with himself a set of planks that would be helpful in providing a grip for wood or other equipment in order for him to use both his hands on his craftsmanship or to hold something firmly. If you spot a clamp as part of your carpenter’s tool ensemble, know that he has worked on carpentry jobs before that involve a lot of wood and large planks of it, meaning he’s used to taking up large work orders.

Metal Carpenter’s Square

Spot this in his toolkit and you’ve got yourself an old-school carpenter who is likely to have been on the job for a good number of years. While technology has ousted the use of a carpenter’s square, many old carpenters still swear by this tool for their carpentry jobs. It is useful in angular cutting and goes perfectly well with a table saw.

You’ll notice new age carpenters moving to power saws to make their job faster and easier. But some jobs are best done with a manual hand-controlled saw. If you see your carpenter tag along a hand saw with his power one just in case of a requirement, you will come to know that he’s a well-prepared craftsman who is prepared for contingencies.

Besides these, the regular works of a carpenter involve nails, nail guns, tape measure, wood adhesive, a thick needle and thread, pencils and possibly a workbench if required. Most of these minor yet important tools and equipment are usually found in the toolkit of even the most average carpenters.

But, if you do see your new carpenter sport the above-listed tools for a job you have asked him to come over and get started with, know that you can stay invested with this carpenter for even the most skilled and niche carpentry requirements that you require. Coming across skilled labour isn’t always easy. So when you do, make sure you hold on!