The Benefits of Woodworking

A Story by Shauna Allen

The work of wood is known as the building or the creation of wooden objects. You can create a lot of different objects from the carpentry.

What is Woodworking?

The work of wood is known as the building or the creation of wooden objects. You can create a lot of different objects from the carpentry and these objects can be as large as gazebos or as small as wooden toys. No matter how big or small your personal project might be you will very likely achieve that goal with carpentry. In addition, carpentry has many personal benefits as well as emotional! In this article I will briefly identify some of these benefits for you.

Carpentry as a career:

Many people who love to work with their hands have turned that love into a race through carpentry. People who build wooden things are generally known as carpenters. Carpenters can work on a variety of carpentry projects and types of work. For example, some carpenters own their carpentry business and these people have the luxury of establishing their working hours. This benefit allows carpenters the opportunity to spend more time with their families and have less labor stress. Raising children is a really difficult task, no matter how you approach the task! For a carpenter who owns his own business, this task may not be so difficult because that person will have more time to be a part of your child's life. Playing a more important role in your child's life will have a greater impact on the type of character that the child becomes, which is a great concern for any loving parent. In addition to these benefits, carpentry can also have health benefits as well.

Physical health benefits of carpentry:

Carpentry requires working with and transporting wood around a lot. This translates into more physical activity, resulting in better physical health. Keeping your body in physical shape is very important and can help prevent the onset of several illnesses later in life. Being physically fit can reduce the chances that you will have a heart attack, have seizures, become a diabetic, and reduce the chances of having a number of other illnesses.

Do-It-Yourself Woodworking saves money:

I always feel like I paid too much when I go to the home improvement stores and buy patio furniture, and I'm sure I'm not the only person who has felt this way! A successful business owner once told me to always increase the sales price of a product to double what you got it for. This way, you can always reduce the product to a 50 percent discount and keep leaving without acquiring losses.

Technically, according to olympic rules (wouldn’t it be cool to have a woodworking olympics! Tangent thought for another time) the minute you sell some of your work, you are no longer an amateur and have moved into the realm of professional. So with that in mind, I guess I can’t call myself an amateur woodworker. However, selling my woodworking is not how I pay the mortgage and buy the GI Joe with the kung fu grip for the kids.

I have a very successful job in “the real world” that keeps my wife and I very happy and provided for. I have been selling quite a bit of my creations lately though and the primary benefit to that is that I get to reinvest the profits into my woodworking obsession.

So when I was recently comissioned to make a very special pen for a birthday gift, I was excited because the “my sold stuff” fund reached a very special number that I have been shooting for.

First things first, here is the latest creation hot off my lathe.

This is a PSI Sceptre kit with Ebony. I love the details on the top of the pen!

So what is it that I have been saving for that this recent sale will allow me to get? Check this out…

Phillip Edwards of Philly Planes just sent me this shot of my recently completed Skew Miter plane. OK, so maybe I was anticipating this last sale a little because I contacted Phillip back in early February about this order. As I write this, this beautiful plane is winging it’s way across the pond from merry ole England to my shop.

Expect a full report when I put it to work. I feel like I should make a better shooting board to go with this beaut of a plane!