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oliviac22•4d ago

Tried a new blade on 60 year old oak trim and the result wasn't what I expected

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henry_hernandez•4d ago

PSA: a guy at the lumber yard in Fresno told me to stop buying 2x4s sight unseen, and my last 3 loads proved him right

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chen.jade•6d ago

Can we talk about the time a knot in a 2x10 nearly cost me a deck in Tacoma?

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juliak73•8d ago

Can we talk about how a speed square beats my old combo square for framing?

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felixb25•8d ago

Rented a flooring nailer for the basement job and it beat my old hammer setup by a mile

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beth_stone•9d ago

My old lead in Grand Rapids bet me $20 I couldn't hand-cut a dovetail in 10 minutes, and the clock taught me more than he did

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mark_nguyen95•10d ago

Blew out my circular saw blade on a pressure treated 4x4 and the arbor bolt vanished into the grass

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ryan_coleman21•11d ago

A finish guy in Toledo told me my miters were 'polite' and it took me a month to figure out what he meant

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felixb25•12d ago

Saw a 100 year old barn frame in Hermann, MO last weekend and now I feel like I know nothing about joinery

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the_sage•15d ago

Locked my skill saw blade backwards for 3 months and nobody caught it

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logan299•15d ago

Warning: cutting stair stringers with a circular saw cost me a whole Saturday

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wyatt513•16d ago

Ripped out my 16oz Stanley hammer for a 22oz Stiletto in Tulsa, my elbow wants to know which one wins

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calebscott•16d ago

Update: the 1908 farmhouse trim I stripped in Guthrie actually came back to life

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sethp26•16d ago

My chalk line popped 3 inches off on a cabinet run in Waco, here is how I saved it

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wilson.jesse•17d ago

Update: my $12 speed square fix for wonky stair stringers worked better than the $200 jig

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