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#11
I read once that all woodworking basically is one of two operations.  !st one is chiseling, meaning cutting, planing, etc. all are pretty much a variation of using a chisel.  My problem is I can't remember the second and I should be able to figure it out.  A mind is a terrible thing to waste.  

It might have been  Christhopher Swartz when he was a guest on Woodwright Shop with Roy Underhill.  It probably wasn't original from him either.

I thought it was interesting, but not enough to recall

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#12
Is it cleaning up all the stuff you chiseled off?
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#13
Measuring? Assemblying? Finishing? Thinking?
Cleaning mentioned above is good candidate too...
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#14
I would think that sawing would be important. I personally look at woodworking  as a process  of subtraction (cutting and shaping of the individual pieces) and addition (gluing the pieces together).
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#15
Sawing, filing, scraping, shearing, and rasping all use the same sort of cutting action as a chisel (some of them on very different scales, of course).

Sanding/grinding come to mind as possibly different.

Measuring/designing mentioned above also seem possible. Cleaning up after the chiseling would seem like a throw-away type joke to me. So, CS could have said that.
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(12-30-2019, 12:22 PM)toolmiser Wrote: I read once that all woodworking basically is one of two operations.  !st one is chiseling, meaning cutting, planing, etc. all are pretty much a variation of using a chisel.  My problem is I can't remember the second and I should be able to figure it out.  A mind is a terrible thing to waste.  

It might have been  Christhopher Swartz when he was a guest on Woodwright Shop with Roy Underhill.  It probably wasn't original from him either.

I thought it was interesting, but not enough to recall

Thanks1

I believe it was Chiseling which was defined as any woodworking operation requiring a cutting tool - and Hammering which was defined as the application of force.  I don't remember where I heard it either.


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#17
I think the act of "fitting" might encompass design, measuring, assembly, fastening, etc. I guess that if you are trying to pare it down to bare bones basics, finishing and clean-up aren't really wood working. And, in my case, thinking is hardly basic :>)
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#18
Since almost anything can be built with just a chisel, I'll suggest design as the missing half.
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#19
Per Roy Underhill, all operations fall under wedge or edge.
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#20
The answer is chiseling and masking your chiseling mistakes.
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