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nancy3•9h 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•15h ago

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

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webb.xena•1d ago

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

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wendy_clark•3d ago

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

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lucas159•3d 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•4d ago

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

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bailey.sandra•5d ago

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

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tara345•5d 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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the_jason•6d ago

Saw a kitchen install in Rochester NY last week where the boxes were shimmed with cardboard and nobody batted an eye

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diana55•7d ago

Dropped $340 on a dovetail jig and went back to cutting them by hand after 2 weeks

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wendy_clark•7d ago

Cabinet shop in Boise told me to stop sanding end grain past 180 and my glue lines got better

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derekwalker•8d ago

Question about drawer slides: 100 lb rating vs 75 lb rating, is the jump worth $6 more per pair?

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jamesblack•9d ago

Warning: dropped $140 on a dovetail jig that fights me on every single drawer

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nathang67•9d ago

Showerthought: 19 out of 20 cabinet doors warped last winter because I skipped one thing

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miles_jackson9•9d ago

Just realized my dovetail jig was set 1/32 off after I cut 6 drawer boxes

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