My grandfather, unfortunately no longer with us, was a house builder for most of his life, including doing all his own cabinet work, custom staircases and interior trim. He started as a rough framing carpenter at 15. He made furniture both as a hobby and for extra income around holidays. When he turned 50, he went to work for Firestone where he made patterns and moulds out of wood for many of the products they were making at the time. He retired at 70 as the foreman of the pattern shop. Grandpa was a master woodworker.