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sarahb59•8h ago

Unpopular opinion: I quit building drawer boxes from scratch after box 47 and started buying them, and my customers never noticed

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charles318•22h ago

Hot take: cheap pine shelves taught me more about wood movement than 10 years in the shop

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mason_murray•1d ago

Just burned $275 on a used dovetail jig that turned out to be missing its template guide

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green.jessica•2d ago

Why does nobody talk about grain direction on raised panel doors until it's too late?

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allen.quinn•2d ago

Am I the only one who switched from screws to biscuits on face frames?

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elliots23•2d ago

Dropped $340 on a drum sander for cabinet doors and it's the best money I ever spent

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finleythomas•2d ago

Warning: pine sap gummed up my dado stack on a job in Bend

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the_logan•5d ago

Built a face frame for a 36 inch vanity that fit on the first try, and I'm still weirdly happy about it

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xenaw25•6d ago

Serious question, how do you fix a door that sags only when the AC kicks on?

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henry312•7d ago

Warning: a cabinetmaker in Tulsa told me to stop sanding past 180 on face frames, and it took me 4 kitchens to get it

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john648•8d ago

The plywood jig I built for my drawer boxes made them worse, not better

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jordan184•9d ago

Shoutout to the guy in Tucson who taught me to measure twice on drawer boxes

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drew_west•10d ago

Had a face frame rack on me last Tuesday and I'm still picking splinters out of my thumb

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laura_knight54•10d ago

Why does nobody tell new guys to check their square against a dial indicator before trusting it

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the_evan•11d ago

Hit 40 cabinet doors this month and now I'm rethinking how I price my time

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