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palmer.henry•5h ago

Unpopular opinion: I quit chalking every joint and my drawers fit tighter now

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grant_palmer•4d ago

Ran a test spray of shellac over a Minwax stain and watched it bead up in front of me

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wright.cole•5d ago

Old man at the lumber yard in Macon told me to feel the board before I look at the price

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shane_ross•5d ago

My dovetail jig setup was backwards for 4 months and the plywood scraps finally told me

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the_seth•8d ago

Appreciation post: my bench vise saved a set of maple drawers I almost scrapped

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linda_butler28•9d ago

That tiny 1/16 gap on a drawer front ate 5 hours and I'm still mad about it

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the_oliver•9d ago

Question about my 47th drawer box this month, when did it become a whole thing

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nelson.finley•12d ago

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

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wright.cole•12d ago

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

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the_kelly•13d ago

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

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finley939•13d 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•14d 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•16d 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•17d 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•17d ago

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

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