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joseph455•1d ago

Counted the drawers I've built since my first shop in 1998 and got 4,112, which is a number I honestly can't picture

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nathanb71•2d ago

Spent $275 on a dovetail jig I used twice, now I cut them by hand

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phoenix_moore4•2d ago

Rant: dropped $340 on a used Castle pocket hole machine and it saved my whole kitchen job

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taraj11•3d ago

Shoutout to my $40 pull saw for beating my $300 power miter on small trim

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wadefoster•5d ago

Cut a $700 toe kick one inch short and the fix came from my kid's crayon box

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xena_jackson•6d ago

Why do so many guys sand the inside of a cabinet box before they check the reveal on the doors?

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the_stella•6d ago

I swore pocket screws were for hacks until a guy in Tulsa showed me his face frames

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phoenix_moore4•7d ago

Warning: a $10 tube of glazing putty saved my raised panel doors on a 14 cabinet job in Sacramento

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paigeharris•8d ago

Guy at the lumber yard in Tacoma showed me how he stacks walnut to keep it flat, and my 6/4 boards stopped cupping

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the_stella•8d ago

Shop teacher from my trade school said something about drawer slides that I can't shake

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christopher_ross•11d ago

Update: shop hit 400 drawers last month and I think drawer count is a dumb way to judge a shop

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blake842•12d ago

Switched from dovetail jig to hand cutting about 6 months ago, my drawers look worse but I actually enjoy my shop time now

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lunashah•13d ago

Rant: my $340 HVLP turbine died 20 minutes into spraying a maple kitchen in Boise

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christopher_ross•13d ago

I swore a $400 dovetail jig was cheating, then a 78 year old guy in Asheville changed my mind

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xenam76•14d ago

Appreciation post: the finisher who told me my drawer fronts looked like a beaver chewed them

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