A professional who sets up and operates variety of woodworking machines and uses various handtools to fabricate and repair wooden cabinets and high-grade furniture. Responsibilities include:

• Studies blueprints or drawings of articles to be constructed or repaired, and plans sequence of cutting or shaping operations to be performed.
• Marks outline or dimensions of parts on paper or lumber stock, according to blueprint or drawing specifications.
• Matches materials for color, grain, or texture.
• Sets up and operates woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointer, mortiser, tenoner, molder, and shaper, to cut and shape parts from woodstock.
• Trims component parts of joints to ensure snug fit, using handtools, such as planes, chisels, or wood files.
• Bores holes for insertion of screws or dowels by hand or using boring machine.
• Glues, fits, and clamps parts and subassemblies together to form complete unit, using clamps or clamping machine.
• Drives nails or other fasteners into joints at designated places to reinforce joints.
• Sands and scrapes surfaces and joints of articles to prepare articles for finishing.
• May repair high-grade articles of furniture.
• May dip, brush, or spray assembled articles with protective or decorative materials, such as stain, varnish, or paint.
• May install hardware, such as hinges, catches, and drawer pulls.
• May repair furniture, equipment, and fixtures and be designated maintenance cabinetmaker.
• May be designated according to products made as piano-case maker.
• May cut, shape, and assemble wooden parts to construct frames for refrigeration equipment and be designated refrigerator cabinetmaker (svc.
• ind.
• mach.).