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the_jana•9m ago

Guy at the lumber yard in Fresno told me he quit a $32/hr trim job over a miter saw fence

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wyatt_green31•2d ago

Framed a 14x20 shed in Loveland last Tuesday and my nail gun jammed 9 times before lunch

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daniel593•4d ago

Why does nobody tell you a framing nail gun shoots nails at 120 psi and 1,200 feet per second

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felix147•4d ago

A guy at the lumber yard in Tucson told me finger joints are for cabinets, not door frames, and I think he is dead wrong

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nina_jenkins•4d ago

Update: the old timer at the lumber yard called my pressure treated deck framing "disposable" and now I can't stop second guessing myself

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murphy.blair•5d ago

I thought biscuit joints were a gimmick until Sam showed me his 40 year old shop stools

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riley_west•6d ago

Watcher at a job site in Abilene showed me I was crowning my joists backward

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king.andrew•6d ago

DAE notice how much smoother a hand plane cuts after you finally get the chip breaker set right?

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simonp47•6d ago

Why does no one warn you about cutting wet pressure treated pine

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the_james•7d ago

Tried pocket screws on a red oak stair rail in Bend and the joint split on me

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jesse_fisher•9d ago

I quit using a nail gun for cabinet boxes after a guy in Tucson showed me his grandfather's method

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xena_fox39•10d ago

Poured a 12 ft landing slab in 98 degree heat in Phoenix and my tape measure melted to my hand

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kai_park•10d ago

Dropped $340 on a Festool domino joiner for a 6 piece cabinet run, and it sits in the case now

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the_margaret•11d ago

Saw a kid on a job site in Dayton last month using a laser level as a doorstop

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riley_west•15d ago

Cracked a 12 foot glue lam beam last Tuesday in Tacoma because I trusted the wrong clamp

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