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A carpenter drilling a hole with a crank-powered brace on Douglas Dam, Tennessee in 1942. Carpentry is the term for a wide range of woodworking that includes constructing buildings, furniture, and other objects out of wood. The work generally involves significant manual labor and work outdoors, particularly in rough carpentry. In British and Australian slang a carpenter is sometimes referred to as a "chippie". The German word for carpenter is "Zimmermann", and hence is the source for the surname of many people in German- and English-speaking countries.Photo credit: Alfred T. Palmer, Farm Security Administration