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johnson.river•28m ago

Vent: I fixed a squeaky stair with a bar of soap and now my whole crew thinks I'm a wizard

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murray.robert•17h ago

My 1970s oak stair treads after 3 months of no finish vs 2 coats of oil

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betty_perry24•18h ago

Everyone says to toss a blade the second it kicks back, but my old Skilsaw taught me otherwise

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logan_gonzalez•2d ago

Dropped $85 on a magnetic stud finder and it missed every stud behind my tile shower

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williamw75•2d ago

I finally picked between pine and poplar for a painted built-in, and the paint job has me second guessing

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corah75•2d ago

I quit coping miters by eye 6 years ago and my trim work has never been cleaner

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evan543•2d ago

I finally gave in and tried a track saw for cabinet boxes, and now my old Skilsaw is collecting dust

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stella121•3d ago

TIL a $12 marking gauge from a garage sale in Toledo cut my layout time on a 40 drawer job

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tessa_adams3•3d ago

Vent: scribing a cabinet against a 90 year old plaster wall in Omaha ate my whole Saturday

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beth_hernandez•3d ago

Hot take: trimming out a crooked doorway in an old farmhouse near Ames ate up 5 hours

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quinn161•3d ago

Cutting stair stringers with a speed square jig I made from scrap plywood in my garage in Des Moines

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wren230•4d ago

Watched a framer in Tulsa crown a 2x10 with a scrap of rope and it stuck with me

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nathankim•4d ago

Update: Spent 3 hours chasing a 1/8 inch gap on a cabinet door in my garage

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hannahcraig•5d ago

Why does nobody talk about the 14,400 nails I pulled out of one barn?

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stella121•8d ago

Vent: I fought mitre joints with a hand saw for 6 months before finally building a shooting board

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