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cole_bailey85•16h ago

Staining 40 year old fir trim in a 1920s Seattle foursquare, what am I doing wrong

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grant_palmer•1d ago

Vent: spent 6 hours on a cabinet door frame because I mixed up my shim stock

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felixw99•2d ago

Counted my finish nailer strips after 400 fence pickets and the number did not match the box

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lisa_murray•2d ago

Finally figured out why my miter saw cuts were drifting by about 1/8 inch

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miles_grant35•3d ago

Foreman in Tulsa said my miter saw cut list was backwards, saved me $600 in trim

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uma_lopez•6d ago

Realized I'd been marking studs wrong for years after a drywall guy pointed it out

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uma_reed26•10d ago

Talking with a finish carpenter in Portland changed my tape measure habit

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matthew_owens9•10d ago

That simple door frame repair in St. Paul ate my whole week

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river182•10d ago

Overheard a GC trashing scribe work, had to bite my tongue

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felix_thomas73•12d ago

Used to mark every stud with a pencil, now I carry a $6 chalk pen and my brain is free

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wendy674•15d ago

Those particle board drawers with dovetails still bug me after 20 years

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sam530•15d ago

Saw a framing crew in Tucson doing it the old way

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spencer_ross•29d ago

Stopped fighting warped studs and started culling them on site

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taylorcarr•1mo ago

Hand nailing trim vs. pin nailer, switched after a botched baseboard job

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nathanbennett•1mo ago

Overheard a supplier say engineered lumber prices are about to jump hard

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