0 the activity of making objects such as furniture from wood:
1 the activity of making objects, esp. furniture, from wood
As suggested above for woodworking, innovations that smoothed the flow of work were valued, but highly specialized machines that lacked versatility held little appeal.
In this case increase in demand was more of an incentive to mechanization in woodworking than was relatively scarce labor.
Basic woodworking probably was done within the household using the jade ax that each household possessed and perhaps aided by scrapers or other tools.
In bulk woodworking, for example, firms producing matches, matchboxes, and broom handles eagerly welcomed new machines that sped output and reduced the work force needed.
However, he had enjoyed woodworking and had brought some tools and wood from his shop.
That each household owned a jade ax for their woodworking needs is not surprising.
They hired architects, chose plans, kept workers on schedule, and personally oversaw plastering, woodworking, and wallpapering.
Woodworking tasks for which we have evidence included cutting and shaping of ver tical and horizontal poles in walls and roofs and making of digging sticks.
