re: Neatest thing you have built?

my take on a rolling kitchen island... Dont have a planer yet, so my top wasnt as flat as I had hoped. Also, frick a drawer slide

damn

Where else can i get repetitively cheap lumber to mess around with instead of the crap big box stores have.

Thanks man. Those two were my first and only commissions so far

Check in the back of the lumber section at Home Depot. They have stuff that has been cut and left for 70% off. If you don't mine random sizes to do little projects with it is a gold mine. We've got pieces of plywood that we're 4x4 and sections of 2x4 that were about 3 feet.

Really should have had a pocket door in the laundry room. You can close the door but if the front loader moves even a 1/8" i the spin cycle it can block the door closed. Wife wanted a barn door so I made her a barn door.

Thinking about getting a Kreg. Are there any discernible advantages to getting one that costs more than $20 besides ease of use? I see one that has one hole for $19 on Amazon, and one with 2 for $40. Most of the stuff I would use it for I would only need one screw so having two seems like a waste.

The one holer will get the job done but it can be a pain in the arse. I have the two hole one with the groove for the clamp and it makes the job much easier.

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The one holer will get the job done but it can be a pain in the arse. I have the two hole one with the groove for the clamp and it makes the job much easier.

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Thanks. I'm mostly building little projects and at the end of the day it is only $20 more. I also have a ton of different clamps already. Does it have to use their clamps or would any style work? Just couldn't tell from small online pics.

I would skip on the Kreg and get the Drill Master from Harbor Freight, it's a great unit. All aluminum construction and made surprisingly well.