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Shoutout to the old timer who told me to stop rushing my dovetails
This guy at the lumberyard near Tacoma said I was chasing speed over quality after I showed him a photo. He was right, my gaps were ugly and my joints were weak. Anyone else had a random pro call them out and it actually stuck?
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adam7515mo ago
Man yeah. I had an old cabinet maker tell me my half-blind dovetails looked like "a beaver with a hangover." Hurt my pride but he was right. Slowed way down after that. Fixed my layout and sawing.
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henry_martinez3mo ago
Wait, the old guy actually said that to your face? "A beaver with a hangover"? Man that's brutal but also super funny. I can just picture a drunk beaver trying to chew a tree and it turning out all wobbly and crooked. He had to have been watching you work for a while to come up with that one. But you know what, those old timers always had the best insults because they actually cared about the work. That sting probably stuck with you more than any compliment ever could. And you fixed your layout, which is the whole point I guess.
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derekward5mo ago
It's funny how you gotta get your pride bruised before you actually listen. Seems like that's how the whole world works. You don't really learn the easy way, you gotta mess up first and have someone call you out.
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