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nelson.finley•10h ago

My dovetail gaps went from a dime to a hair in 4 months

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wright.cole•13h ago

I finally switched back to a hand plane for scribing after 6 months with a power sander

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the_kelly•1d ago

Shoutout to the finisher who told me my 220 grit was pointless on maple

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finley939•1d ago

TIL a guy at a lumber yard in Toledo flipped my whole clamp order and I finally get it

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aarons36•2d ago

Unpopular opinion: watching a guy at the Grand Rapids show hand-cut dovetails sold me on slowing down

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wyatt_green•5d ago

Hot take: my dad's 30 year old bench chisels hold an edge better than the new set I bought last month

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eric_ramirez67•5d ago

Stopped by the old Krenshaw mill in Vermont last month and the dovetails in their 1940s file cabinets stopped me cold

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stone.evan•5d ago

Blew $180 on a cheap panel jig that couldn't hold a 3/4 sheet straight

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cameron724•7d ago

Shoutout to the guy in Tulsa who caught my drawer slide mistake before glue-up

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craig.parker•9d ago

Showerthought: I clamped a dovetail jig upside down on a white oak drawer and got the tightest joint I ever cut

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james672•10d ago

Serious question, did anyone else blow $85 on a dowel jig that wandered on every joint?

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alex_coleman•11d ago

I thought a $60 dial caliper was overkill for cabinet work until my $12 one lied about a 3/8 dado

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carr.willow•11d ago

Just realized the guy at the Bellingham wood show was right about cheap plywood

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noahchen•13d ago

A 68 year old finisher in Dayton showed me his check for a face frame job and I almost dropped my coffee

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spencer_ross•15d ago

PSA: check your glue bottle dates, I just lost 3 hours on a face frame that popped apart

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