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paul_ramirez•4d ago

PSA: A playing card is the best shim I have ever used and I am not kidding

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william_price•5d ago

Vent: Picked pocket screws over dowels on a 12 drawer kitchen in Tacoma and I regret it

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david703•6d ago

Found a 1978 study saying particle board shelves sag at 30 lbs, and I've been overbuilding for 20 years

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marybutler•7d ago

Can we talk about skipping the dado stack and just using a router jig for cabinet shelves?

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craig.viola•10d ago

Why I stopped hand-cutting dovetails after my 40th drawer

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angela_hart•10d ago

Found out my table saw blade was spinning 200 RPM slower than the manual claimed, that explains a lot

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johnson.river•10d ago

Spent $1,200 on a drum sander attachment for my table saw and it was the worst money I ever put into the shop

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stella22•14d ago

Shoutout to the guy in Buffalo who warned me about plywood sitting flat on a concrete slab

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kai_burns73•15d ago

An old finisher in Baltimore taught me to read grain by feel, not by eye, and I still do it at the bench 20 years later

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walker.julia•15d ago

Picked poplar over birch ply for a bathroom vanity last week, and I'm still going back and forth on it

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the_miles•15d ago

Warning: I tried pre-finished ply for a whole kitchen and now I have to eat the cost

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tessa_craig•17d ago

I finally ditched pocket screws on face frames after a guy at the Cleveland woodworking show called them 'weekend warrior traps'

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taylor957•18d ago

My old boss told me to use 1/4 inch ply for drawer bottoms and every single one sagged by month 3

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simonk98•20d ago

Update: My mentor glanced at my dovetails and said one word, "gaps"

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hannah_west39•24d ago

Dropped $340 on a used Castle pocket hole machine and it paid for itself in 6 weeks

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