Honestly my stomach still has ptsd from that one ghost pepper incident. Finally learned to read the "extreme heat" warning labels lol.

It's hilarious how the woodworking world tries to sell us a new gadget for every cut. We get so caught up in buying the latest thing that we forget the basics already work just fine. Your post proves that a steady hand and some patience beat a dado stack most days. All that talk about clamps and slow passes isn't just chatter, it's the real secret sauce. I've wasted more time setting up complex jigs than I'd care to admit, only to get worse results. Keep preaching the simple life, it saves money and sanity.