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pipera50•14h ago

Rant: a guy at the lumber yard in Bend told me biscuit joints are for hobbyists, and I can't let it go

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taylor.jessica•18h ago

Shoutout to the old timer in Tulsa who told me to stop sanding pine with 120 grit

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anthony_fox90•21h ago

Found out a 2x4 is actually 1.5x3.5 and I've been lying to customers for 8 months

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evan151•2d ago

Spent a whole Saturday chasing a 1/16 inch gap on a built in cabinet in Akron

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matthew_owens9•2d ago

Tried grinding a chisel on a $30 belt sander and turned a Marples into a butter knife

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ivan_hayes29•3d ago

Old guy at the lumber yard in Tulsa showed me a chisel trick that saved my cabinet doors

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noahchen•3d ago

Dropped $180 on a used benchtop mortiser at a garage sale in Fresno, and it just saved me on a 12 door job

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elliotc10•3d ago

Why does nobody talk about the old trim guy in Tulsa who told me to quit sanding my joints

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the_seth•5d ago

Dropped $340 on a track saw thinking it would fix my cabinet work, and it mostly sat in the case

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taylor.jessica•8d ago

Thought biscuit joints were overkill till I fixed a 90 year old church pew in Charleston

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hernandez.ben•9d ago

My old boss told me to stop sanding past 120 grit on pine trim, and he was right

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derekthomas•10d ago

Warning: the week I cut a stair stringer 3/8 short and had to buy a new board out of my own pocket

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reese177•10d ago

TIL the framing nailer jam that keeps costing guys a full hour is almost always the same dumb thing

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sarah687•13d ago

My old boss in Bakersfield said 'measure twice, cut once' is for amateurs

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the_brian•15d ago

Walked through a 1920s hotel in Butte last weekend and counted 14 mortise and tenon joints still tight as day one

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