puutyössä
Puutyö, or woodworking, is the craft of shaping and assembling wood to create functional objects, furniture, and built structures. Practitioners work from raw timber to finished pieces through a sequence of measuring, cutting, shaping, joining, and finishing. The discipline relies on an understanding of wood’s properties—grain, moisture content, and stability—and on a range of tools from simple hand planes and saws to powered routers, lathes, and dust-extracting systems.
Historically, woodworking has been central to construction, furniture making, and craft in many cultures. In Finland,
Techniques include selecting the appropriate wood, planing and milling to size, and executing joinery such as
Safety and sustainability are important in puutyö. Dust control, eye and hearing protection, proper tool handling,