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Yes, having built a ton of cabinet doors before for a similar project, I realized the allure of the cost savings (the raw materials are so cheap!) blinds you to
by peter422 4y ago
Yes, having built a ton of cabinet doors before for a similar project, I realized the allure of the cost savings (the raw materials are so cheap!) blinds you to the massive amounts of labor involved.
- michaelcampbell 4y ago(One of) the old woodworking mottos; why buy it when you can build it for 3x the cost and 10x the time?
- giantg2 4y agoHehe, yep. It's taken me about 10 months to make some wall plaques. I had some beautiful black locust heartwood from cutting down trees for a friend. The worst part was not having a band saw or similar to cut them into boards. They were small, so a chainsaw jig didn't really make sense. I ended up splitting them down the grain and building a jig for a router to trim them flat. Probably about 1 of 3-4 tools/jigs/etc that I had to build to get them done. Just working on a nice oil finish now. Although to be fair, I have no idea what something like that would have cost since I've never seen heartwood this dark before.
- jasonhansel 4y agoOnly 10x?