An eyebrow goes up at "holo-projector" and it's fairly obvious that he's curious about it, but he moves on to answer Colin's question first.

"I, uh, I just had the Monument make an endless supply of lumber and I realized I didn't know if there were any woodworkers here, or even if there were woodworking tools around. You've got this workshop here, so I was wondering if you had stuff for wood or just metal, and if you knew if there's anyone here who knows how to do woodworking and would want to know about the lumber supply."