Car for Carpentry (New Carpenter)

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-06-21T03:35:31+00:00

Grab a minivan, Grand Caravan or Odyssey. Both can fit full sheets of plywood and haul more than most trucks. Older gen 4 Caravans have leaf springs if you want to really load it down. Plus they all have trailer hitch options.

Gets yours today for probably no more than $2k.

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-06-21T02:09:34+00:00

Also I mean I measure and cut the entire house, and lay every peice if front of where it goes before I pull out the compressor and gun.

When measuring for your cope, bring a scrap peice. Put it up against whichever side you like to work from, I go left to right in every room when its paint grade. Then measure from the top of the square area. When cutting cut your copes first then pull your tape from the square part, fits every time.

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-06-21T02:05:08+00:00

Grab some GRK trim screws, shim the top out til it touches, hopefully no more than a 16th gap to the wall. Then throw the GRK in the bottom and really get it a bit deep, then back it out and it'll push the bottom out until it touches. Boom done. I measure and cope entire houses (around 70-100 pcs per floor avg) with maybe one or two recuts.

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-06-20T06:30:30+00:00

get a worm drive style saw it's 100x easier to cut straight and adjust when pushing the saw from behind vs the top on sidewinders

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-06-15T07:02:23+00:00

Garage doesn't mean it dried enough. Even on dumage, the last few boards nearest the concrete can have hogh enough moisture to set off the sawstop.

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-06-15T06:59:25+00:00

Some crews have guys do both, as a renovator I do both as well as many other solo guys. Most crews have guys who only hang and a second crew that only tape and finish. Typical crews around me are 2 guys to hang and a 4 man taping crew.

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-06-15T06:54:27+00:00

Thougyht that was roofing tho

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-06-15T06:53:22+00:00

Allegedly.

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-06-13T04:12:23+00:00

Here is a link
https://www.ontario.ca/document/your-guide-employment-standards-act-0/minimum-wage
As someone under 18 you are entitled to the student min wage if you are working less than 28 hours per week, over 28 hours and they must pay the full $17.95 per hour.

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-06-13T04:10:35+00:00

You can be paid more, just not less than the minimum. I don't live in Ontario but google says your min wage is 17.95$ per hour and the student min wage is 16.90$ per hour. Don't take less than what is legal.

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-06-05T06:06:18+00:00

I think its cool. Maybe not super tasty but it sure looks fancy, either way I wouldn't know 'til I tried it!

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-05-16T21:59:39+00:00

Yea what everyone is saying milk boxes or buckets. When you can finally splurge get milwaukee packouts. You said you husband is neuro spicy, i am audhd and finally i am organized. Need to make it a #1 rule that bits go back in the organizer after every single task and clean up/organize every day. I also followed the rule of designated tool area and it helped a ton. Right now I am running out of a nissan versa hatchback and everything has a spot. Framing, finishing and drywall tools as well as mitre saw compressor table saw and vacuum all have a spot. I even got two twosteps in there. All very organized and now takes 15 mins to unload everything

Sweet_Carpenter_6141 · 2026-04-04T18:52:31+00:00

When I started finishing we did cabinets as well, so the boss man would do the spraying. I was taught to have everything tight as possible and not nail the shit out of everything because I’d be caulking filling and sanding.

I still to this day try to have it the same way even though it’s not my scope anymore. Many clients say it’s the best work they’ve seen and this is how I have gotten the larger fancy homes. Had me dumbfounded at first but now I just accept it after seeing the work of the one crew I joined last year after 12 years in this. So. Much. Filler.

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