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the CHEAP hardwood you should use instead
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  • paint-grade hardwood
  • Ask professionals where they get their wood
Hold Chopsticks like a Pen - Marcosticks
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Countless chopstick wrappers advice learners to "hold chopsticks like a pen". Here we explore the correlation between pen grips and chopstick grips.

The book showed two closely-related variants of the tripod grip. For reasons that will be explained later, we will call the above left posture the Caswellian Grip, and the above right posture the Spencerian Grip.

  • We will call it the Lateral Grip here. *
The Only Way To Brace A Gate
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Grab an Anti-Sag Kit here 👉🏻 https://bit.ly/anti-sagkit
This is incredibly simple, but TONS of people get this wrong. Mess this one thing up and your gate brace is almost completely non-functional.

Router Edge Guide: 6 Tips for Perfect Edges| Family Handyman
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Modern router bits with carbide cutters and guide bearings make forming wood edges almost foolproof. Try this router edge guide for tips.

  • Router bits spin clockwise as you look down on the router, so moving the router counterclockwise tends to pull the pilot bearing tight against the wood and allows easy control of the router. When you’re routing the outside perimeter of a board, move the router counterclockwise. However, when you’re routing the inside of something like a picture frame, move the router in a clockwise direction.

  • Secure Small Work With Hot-Melt Glue

  • Make Moldings With Your Edge Router