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cameron724•21h ago

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

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craig.parker•2d 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•4d ago

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

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alex_coleman•4d 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•4d ago

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

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noahchen•6d 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•8d ago

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

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taylor929•10d ago

I finally had a drawer front split on install day, and now I'm second-guessing my whole glue-up routine

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loganhart•11d ago

Spent 9 hours re-cutting a cabinet door before I figured out my square was the problem

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margaret_bennett3•11d ago

Measured a cabinet door 3 times, still cut it 1/8 inch too short on the tablesaw

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the_amy•15d ago

Appreciation post: my dad's old dado stack taught me more about drawer boxes than any jig

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william917•15d ago

Dropped $340 on a Domino XL and I still think the biscuit joiner guys are right

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the_val•16d ago

Why do so many guys caulk the inside corner of a face frame before the doors go back on?

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leo238•16d ago

Wrote off those plastic corner braces for years, then a guy in Buffalo showed me his 3 year old shop jigs

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joelsanchez•18d ago

Shoutout to the 14 guys who showed up to my shop's open house in Boise last Saturday

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