Popular Woodworking

Destroy to Create

have a confession to make: I don’t do nearly as much woodworking as I should. As someone with limited time and resources, I like to do things once, the correct way, and not have to worry about it again. This philosophy can cause some trouble when it comes to projects though. Unless I know exactly what I need and where I want to put it, I tend to hold off building things.

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