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jesse_nguyen•3d ago

Saw a framer at a site in Denver nail his top plate straight through the drywall backing, and I had to walk away

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keithharris•4d ago

Finally hung my first set of stairs solo, 14 risers, and only scrapped one stringer

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jenniferb53•4d ago

Saw a crew in Nashville using screws on deck boards instead of nails, and now I can't decide which side I'm on

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kim_patel89•6d ago

Warning: a finish carpenter in Tacoma showed me his trick for reading grain before cutting, and it saved me $200 in wasted oak

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kimg57•9d ago

Guy at the lumber yard in Fresno said he quit buying pre-cut studs because the returns eat the savings

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the_oscar•11d ago

TIL from a 2x4 scrap: the guy at Hart's Lumber in Reno told me to stop buying pre-cut studs

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blake_black47•11d ago

The old timer at the lumber yard in Macon showed me how to read grain direction in 5 minutes

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karenp11•15d ago

Used to eyeball every cut, now I keep a $3 pencil behind my ear like a nerd

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fiona_lane•18d ago

My 25 year old bench vise finally let go mid project on Tuesday

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aliceg61•19d ago

Kept clamping my miter joints too tight until a trim guy in Tulsa told me what it was doing

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keithharris•20d ago

Vent: my miter saw station build took 3 weekends instead of 1, all because of one bowed 2x4

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harper_wright•21d ago

Walked through a house flip in Boise and the trim carpenter mitered every outside corner instead of coping, looks wrong up close

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skylerkelly•22d ago

Showerthought: my $12 garage sale Skilsaw died mid cut on a customer's deck, and I'm weirdly thankful

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terryallen•25d ago

Foreman said my stair stringers looked like a roller coaster, so I rebuilt my whole layout method

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abby_robinson58•25d ago

My old foreman Sal in Jersey told me to stop scribbling measurements on scrap wood, and I finally get why

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