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How do you keep joinery from taking over your life?

sunlit-beech-99
How do you keep joinery from taking over your life?

Photos and details in the replies if people want them. I tried the usual recommendations and none of them stuck.

bright-moth-33

Second this.

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amber-beech-641 more

Second this.

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dusky-reed-73

Good question, following.

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rustling-clover-5313 more

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

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hollow-hazel-60

rustling-clover-53 wrote:

Start small and stay consistent.

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amber-moth-192 more

rustling-clover-53 wrote:

Start small and stay consistent.

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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pale-clover-981 more

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pale-sparrow-79

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

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amber-yarrow-648 more

This deserves its own thread.

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rustling-birch-756 more

Could you share a photo?

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gentle-moth-64 more

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

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still-fern-152 more

gentle-moth-6 wrote:

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

Small correction, but the point stands.

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gentle-moth-28

This deserves its own thread.

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gentle-heron-19

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

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quiet-alder-21

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wry-birch-66

The cheap option was fine for years.

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still-fern-81

amber-yarrow-64 wrote:

This deserves its own thread.

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

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misty-beech-17 more

The cheap option was fine for years.

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woven-otter-86

misty-beech-1 wrote:

The cheap option was fine for years.

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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wild-reed-845 more

Second this.

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copper-beech-51

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

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quiet-rowan-492 more

wild-reed-84 wrote:

Second this.

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

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rustling-fern-2

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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slow-alder-3

quiet-rowan-49 wrote:

wild-reed-84 wrote:

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

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quiet-heron-72

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

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gentle-clover-67

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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pale-thistle-20

Second this.

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