I used to laugh at this stuff, now I take photos too.

Sounds like the real win was having a second iron handy, not that the cheap one is better. Pretty sure a $9 pencil can't hold temp for anything longer than a few seconds anyway.

Used to be the guy who'd rather eat a belt sander than buy a jig. Took me 6 years to figure out nobody cares how the joint got cut when the drawer slides smooth. I still cut them by hand for furniture pieces I care about, but for anything with 12 drawers in a row? Jig every time, no guilt. Your Portland kitchen run is the perfect case for it. Speed matters when you're getting paid by the job.