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Dec 2024

53m 58s

Woodworking for Beginners, by Charles G....

About this episode

Let’s saw our way to sleep with more from this helpful guide for the novice woodworker. This time, we build our own work bench, improvise a vise, and discover that “measure twice, cut once” is always good advice.

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