I was both a carpenter and a cabinet builder. The line actually is quite thin sometimes. A lot of carpenter can built really nice work, a few cabinet builder only deserve to work on particle board only. With all the new and fancy machinery, it does not take as much care as it used to be when I start with only hand tools. ( Hand tools?? Anyone see that around anywhere recently? ) The line is getting even closer now with plans and books. Pretty much you follow the fomular, you get something decent. People no longer worry about about cross grain glueing with plywood! Etc..etc...

: I'm afraid you have the wrong site if you're thinking there are any
: "Wood-butchers" around here. In this neck of the woods, a Wood
: butcher is a carpenter, where anything within a 1/2" is close enough.
: Just stick another couple nails in it and it will hold. The quality of
: work here, even if not "heirloom" quality, hardly qualifies as
: Wood-Butchering. Just a passing thought. Folks in or from the
: cabinet/furniture industry don't take too kindly to being compared to
: carpenters. No offense to carpenters, as there are a few good ones out
: there, but we're talking two completely different styles of work. Just a
: passing thought.

: Second, if it came from South-East Asia, be real careful when you cut it. We
: had some fun over there, and about every tree you find will have about
: twenty to thirty poinds of Lead in it.

: If your wood looks good, has some good figure, try a finish on it, see if it
: sticks, looks good and just use it.

: Rehd