Woodworking

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A handmade home for woodworkers and admirers of woodworkers. Our community icon is submitted by @inquanto@lemmy.world, winner of the Christmas 2025 gift contest with a lovely series of hardwood cutting boards.

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Wife wanted a plant shelf on Amazon for $60. I said, pshh, I can build that myself. So I did. It only cost $90 and took all weekend. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by thenewred@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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Made entirely from 1x2 pine. Ripped into thirds for the shelf slats. Pocket holes. Glue. Brads and glue for the shelf slats.

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

also highly questionable origins and who knows what kind of conditions the assembly workers went through

[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

On top of all that you had a nice weekend working on a hobby you enjoy. Can't put a price tag on that.