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the_sage•1m ago

Watching a finish carpenter in Dayton fit a scribe made me rethink how I measure openings

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eric359•1d ago

PSA: Saw a 100 year old built-in at the Decatur courthouse and it made me rethink my drawer bottoms

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keving93•3d ago

Unpopular opinion: a finisher in Grand Rapids told me my sanding was lazy and he was right

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riley517•3d ago

Why does everyone push drawer boxes out of prefinished ply, I went solid maple and I'd do it again

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thomas_miller•4d ago

Why do so many guys sand to 220 before stain and wonder why it looks blotchy?

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garcia.miles•7d ago

Hot take: I gave up on dominoes for drawer boxes after spending 5 hours on one 12 inch drawer

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logan_schmidt•8d ago

I finally asked the old guy at the lumber yard in Fresno why he taps every board before he buys it

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nancy3•10d ago

Dropped $180 on a used Castle pocket hole machine at a garage sale in Boise and it paid for itself in 3 weeks

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verac49•10d ago

Hit 50 raised panel doors and finally started cutting rails and stiles in batches

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webb.xena•11d ago

Thought pocket screws were fine for face frames until I tried dowels on a maple vanity

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wendy_clark•12d ago

Serious question, did my table saw fence really slip 1/16 inch on a $900 oak job?

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lucas159•13d ago

Saw a guy at the Woodcraft in Nashville joint a 6 foot walnut board with no glue and no clamps

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barbara429•13d ago

Rant: stop sanding pine with 220 before stain, you're burnishing the grain

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bailey.sandra•14d ago

Frameless cabinet doors warped 3/16 inch after a 62% humidity swing in Austin

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tara345•15d ago

Saw a 1920s kitchen hutch at an estate sale in Richmond last weekend, and the drawer joinery stopped me cold

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