When the Box is the Gift
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If you think about it, most woodworking is just building boxes. Chests, cabinets, drawers, all boxes. It's one of the first things we build when we start woodworking, and a task in which we build our skills. One of my very first things I made when I started woodworking was a simple box, about the size of the classic El Producto cigar box. I had some 1/4″ x 3′...
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How I Read Tool Reviews (And Write Them), Part 2
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Most tool reviews aren't really reviews. They're press releases dressed up with a lab coat and a clipboard to look respectable. For experienced woodworkers, these faux-reviews are easy to spot and ignore. What are the signs? They're missing key information about the tool's place in the market compared to its competitors. Even more telling, the writer wields statistics to discuss the tool (14.4-volt batteries with an intelligent trickle-charger) but omits...
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