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Originally Posted By: wdchuckhuntrOriginally Posted By: Jack RobertsBuild is a relative term. For most of what is being posted here, assembling is probably more accurate.
Jack
Very true and often times I make that distinction known. However, the term "build" is used in many things that don't apply ie. "I built my house[stick built]" but it's nothing more than assembly.
That's just Jack being Jack.
I think he lived to close to the "Beltway" for to many years, and a lot of the elitist snobbery rubbed off on him.
I will have to correct you on the "building" of a house though.
A house is "built" by cutting and fitting different parts and pieces to a set of plans and specifications. Not assembled, unless it's one of the Lincoln Logs houses I built as a kid.
Sorry,,,, Just the ramblings of an old carpenter.
Jack
Very true and often times I make that distinction known. However, the term "build" is used in many things that don't apply ie. "I built my house[stick built]" but it's nothing more than assembly.
That's just Jack being Jack.
I think he lived to close to the "Beltway" for to many years, and a lot of the elitist snobbery rubbed off on him.
I will have to correct you on the "building" of a house though.

A house is "built" by cutting and fitting different parts and pieces to a set of plans and specifications. Not assembled, unless it's one of the Lincoln Logs houses I built as a kid.
Sorry,,,, Just the ramblings of an old carpenter.
