cabinetmaking
Fine woodworking trade
Cabinetmaking is the skilled craft of building fine furniture and wooden fixtures, especially cabinets, shelves, and similar storage pieces.
It emphasizes precision joinery, quality materials, and careful finishing.
Cabinetmaking sits between rough carpentry and decorative woodworking—functional but refined: He learned cabinetmaking from his grandfather.
Join by interlocking parts
- mortiseCarved slot for joining
- tenonProjecting joint piece
- rabbetStepped edge recess
- dadoLower decorated wall portion
miter · finger joint · lap joint · tongue and groove · dowel · butt joint · spline
Edged carving implement
- planeWinged flying vehicle
- latheRotating shaping machine
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- sawPast of perceive
bandsaw · jig · calipers · gauge · clamp · mallet · scraper · spokeshave
Dense deciduous timber
- veneerDecorative outer layer
- lumberSawn wood for building
- plywoodEngineered layered wood panels
- mahoganyReddish-brown tropical lumber
oak · walnut · cherry · maple · ebony · rosewood · teak · pine
Applying thin surface layers
- marquetryDecorative veneer patterning
- inlayEmbedded surface ornamentation
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- turningAct of rotating
lamination · routing · planing · sanding · finishing · shaping · clamping · gluing
Made manually, not machined
- bespokeMade to individual specifications
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
craftsmanship · workshop · woodshop · apprenticeship · masterwork · guild · journeyman · custom
dovetail
Join by interlocking parts
dado · miter · finger joint · lap joint · tongue and groove · dowel · butt joint · spline
chisel
Edged carving implement
saw · bandsaw · jig · calipers · gauge · clamp · mallet · scraper · spokeshave · gouge
hardwood
Dense deciduous timber
mahogany · oak · walnut · cherry · maple · ebony · rosewood · teak · pine · birch
veneering
Applying thin surface layers
- marquetryDecorative veneer patterning
- inlayEmbedded surface ornamentation
- carvingShaping by cutting away
turning · lamination · routing · planing · sanding · finishing · shaping · clamping · gluing · banding
handcrafted
Made manually, not machined
- bespokeMade to individual specifications
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
precision · craftsmanship · workshop · woodshop · apprenticeship · masterwork · guild · journeyman · custom · tradition
chair
Single-person sitting furniture
bookcase · sideboard · credenza · armoire · chiffonier · buffet · hutch · nightstand · desk · console
- woodworkingwood, saw, hammer, drill, chisel
- artisan craftshandmade goods, fine jewelry, artisan crafts, handcrafted furniture, watchmaking
- shop classmetalworking, shop teacher, wood shop, metal shop, auto shop
- skilled tradeselectrician, plumber, carpenter, mason, welder
- woodworkcarving, lumber, molding, boards, wood trim
- building craftsmasonry, plastering, roofing, tiling, stonemasonry
cabinet, making, cabin, carpentry, joiner, woodworking, joinery, cabinetmaker, cabinetmakers