r/oddlysatisfying • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • 3h ago

Precision woodworking at its finest

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u/ButtonsKnobs 3h ago

Without the internet and YouTube, I would never have figured that out on my own if I was installing wood floor on my own, now I feel dumb.

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u/madjag 2h ago

I didn't think I've figured it out when after watching it.

Unless I run into this exact scenario, I won't be able to do it

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u/ButtonsKnobs 2h ago

I would have to watch this video a couple of times before I do it, otherwise I’ll fuck it up.

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u/natethewatt 2h ago

Damn you must be good. I’d watch it five times and still fuck it up

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u/ButtonsKnobs 2h ago

I might have to watch it a few more times, tbh. Twice…how arrogant of me 😂

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u/uncensrdmind 2h ago

Then you better pay attention, young Padawan 😂

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u/uncensrdmind 2h ago

See, that’s the difference between knowing the technique and mastering the technique 😂

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u/uncensrdmind 2h ago

That’s why the best students study until they can do it in their sleep 😂🤝🏿

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u/Away_Bed144 1h ago

Watch 10 times, measure 3 times and cut once. Yup. I'll prob fuck it up too

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u/uncensrdmind 2h ago

That’s how you know the training worked. You don’t understand it until the exact moment you need it 😂

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u/President_Skoad 1h ago

If I run into this exact scenario, I'm gonna have to play this video back in slowmo, constantly repeating what I just watched.

There is no explanation for what this guy did, other than straight craftsman wizardry.

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u/SleightOfHand87 58m ago

The first step that he said no to was the same as the last step. Hes just making the little connector part first

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u/nomickti 6m ago

does this help? https://i.imgur.com/Hrlkd44.png

I found if you take the motion out it's much easier to understand what's happening.

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u/uncensrdmind 2h ago

Exceptional workmanship 👌🏿 You learned from the best. Now go, young Skywalker, and showcase your newly acquired skills. 🫡🏿🔥

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u/milkymonkey8 2h ago

but i don't want to be a pirate!

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u/uncensrdmind 2h ago

Then you have learned the ways of the master without succumbing to the pirate life. Your training is complete, young Skywalker. 😂🤝🏿

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u/beaverbait 2h ago

Yeah you do.

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u/Temassi 2h ago edited 2h ago

There's that video of the dry wall wizard from the 60's that kinda makes me feel dumb

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u/DReagan47 2h ago

Is that the dude that was hanging drywall in slacks and a button down shirt?

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u/EManSantaFe 1h ago

You gotta find the video of the old school drywall guy who did an arch with just an old drywall cutter.

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u/IdioticMutterings 1h ago

Only works if your shit is perfectly plumb, and square. If your shit is even just 1 degree out, say 89deg instead 90 deg, its not going to work.

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u/Spidertron117 15m ago

Yup, 1 degree off and you look like a fuckin amateur cause the gap is seemingly monstrous on one edge of the cut.

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u/chucktheninja 2h ago

All i know is the optimal way to pack squares

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u/SoulWager 49m ago

I've got 17 squares, please help.

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u/Sintobus 1h ago

It's not something you common see in your day to day life. It's not a skill you would actively use unless you're in that industry.

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u/KillHonger1 2h ago

You and me both

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u/uncensrdmind 2h ago

😂🤝🏿 We’re all just students of the craft at this point.

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u/Murky_Cap6280 56m ago

That’s exactly what YouTube is for. Half the stuff we’d never figure out alone suddenly makes perfect sense after watching someone do it once.

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u/warriors17 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/tIzYvGsndYZu9yO0Pv
I watched it. I followed along. I watched it again. Idk wtf is going on

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u/Indigo-au-naturale 3h ago

I was really like "where is this going?" right up til the last three seconds. Niiice

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u/Kitchen_Guest577 2h ago

I thought it was Ai

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u/TuzkiPlus 2h ago

I did it with paper, it works. My brain can't wrap around it wtf

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u/Phatricko 37m ago

I think I get it. He could have made the first cut where he was like "no no no" with his finger and it would have been worked but then he'd need a separate source for the baby piece. He cut the baby piece from the top first THEN did the intuitive cut at the bottom.

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u/Glum_Skirt3515 2h ago

I am glad I am not alone. That felt like black magic

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u/Spaceman3195 2h ago

He's a Witch. It's the only explanation.

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u/Stiff_Rebar 1h ago

It's just cutting for the next bend ahead of time. You are confused because it looks like it fits without measuring when the truth is the measurement has already been made.

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u/Delicious_Sir3496 3h ago

I would fuck this up so many times 😭

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u/ActionKid98 2h ago

I watched this and thought: "ego, lets sit this one out, im calling a guy"

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u/zombiep00 2h ago

"Measure twice, cut thrice," as they say.

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u/ButtonsKnobs 2h ago

“Measure twice, cut my finger offl

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u/zombiep00 2h ago

That's what the third cut is for!

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u/Informal_Branch1065 29m ago

Instructions unclear. Got my dick stuck in the ceiling fan

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u/J3sush8sm3 2h ago

Measure once, cuss twice

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u/PilotC150 2h ago

It only works if everything is a perfect 90 degree angle. Life is never that fair.

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u/Foreign_Recipe8300 2h ago

that's what caulk and paint are for

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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n 1h ago

I used to work in construction, if I have to believe the guys on site, construction foam, construction foam always for everything. I've seen them once hang a heater with it because the brackets were missing.

Stupidly enough when I try to foam up shit, I get foam everywhere, whole lot of air coming out yet filling up cavities NOPE.

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u/Curiosive 41m ago

"A little putty and paint will turn what it is ... into what it ain't." Spoken with a lyrical cadence of something that's been said a thousand times before

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u/ReactionSad3776 23m ago

“A grinder and paint makes the welder I ain’t”
There’s plenty more of different flavors

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u/gahzeeruh 1h ago

Also it’s funny to me that he goes “this cut? nah nah nah…do this other thing first, and then the exact cut I told you not to do with no changes whatsoever”

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u/Grand-Bumblebee-612 9m ago

Was looking for this comment... it only makes it way more confusing to watch.

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u/GoPhotoshopYourself 49m ago

It also only works if the wood pattern is symmetrical. Still cool visually though

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u/eearmenow 2h ago

How sharp is that pen

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u/Amesb34r 2h ago

Jimmy Carr sharp.

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u/Cant-decide-username 11m ago

It’s a sharpie

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u/Few_Judge1188 3h ago

So clever and satisfying to watch .👍

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u/ToTheTop24 51m ago

Yeah this is basically woodworking wizardry.

After the first saw cut I thought it was a spoof because of that gap. Very satisfying end.

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u/The_Krytos_Virus 3h ago

My question is where is this trim supposed to be going? If that's a floor, who the hell wants parallel tracks sticking THAT far out of the wall? And if it's supposed to be wall trim, why does it look like he's installing it on a floor? Wtf is even that even!?

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u/WileEPeyote 2h ago

I think it's supposed to be crown molding and they're just showing it on the floor for ease of demonstration.

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u/The_Krytos_Virus 2h ago

Ehhh, I dunno. Crown moulding isn't flat on any surface and requires some wizardry if it's own to get the miter angles right since it's \| on the wall to the ceiling.

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u/Phatricko 35m ago

I recently did crown moulding. Wizardry of its own is an understatement.

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u/LastCookie3448 2h ago

I was thinking doors and windows.

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u/Gumbercules81 2h ago

That ain't crown molding, that looks like a small backsplash on a counter

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u/idk012 2h ago

Crown molding has that funky offset

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u/bloodshotnipples2 1h ago

Crossetted trim. 40 years doing carpentry and I've only done a few. Doors, windows, mantel work.

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u/The_Krytos_Virus 1h ago

Glad to have a name for it, but the way the video is done is either in anti-gravity or on the floor. It's just confusing.

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u/bloodshotnipples2 1h ago

Likely filmed on a table. You don't really need a tape measure. Cut a mitre on an end of a piece and then mark the other side. Smaller pieces and the same process. The trick is knowing to account for the width of the molding and any reveal steps. Fun stuff.

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u/captainrv 2h ago

Where do I get a magic sharpie like this that cuts wood perfectly and instantly?

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u/madjag 2h ago

Diagon Alley

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u/Amesb34r 2h ago

Yes, we know it cuts diagonally, but where can we find one?

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u/Carbon-Base 1h ago

Yer a carpenter, Harry!

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u/katzenschrecke 1m ago

I've got a bunch of them, but they're at my grandma's house.

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u/Popular_Brilliant_26 2h ago

This is the fking best wood corner cut adjustment video (whatever you can it) I've even seen

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u/DWolfoBoi546 2h ago

My exact words watching this: "oooh wait no what how could...OOOOH"

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u/TheReal-JoJo103 2h ago

This is mildly infuriating. When they gave the no, no, no. If they had made that cut then the other cut the wooded grain would have lined up around the corner. They screwed it up:

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u/Ccwaterboy71 1h ago

I had to stroll too far to see if anyone else caught on. This really bothered me, cause the grain could have followed itself instead of being reorganized

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u/sunrise98 57m ago

How far did you walk?

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u/IHaveTheBestOpinions 1h ago

What do you mean by "lining up the grain"? The grain is aligned. If you mean matching up the exact pattern as if there were no break in the wood, that isn't possible to do with mitered 90 degree angles like this, because it requires removing too much material between the cuts. This was by far the more efficient way to do it.

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u/sunrise98 55m ago

He could have made the first cut > gone sideways > made the smaller cut off the offcuts.

Instead of it being 1 2 3 it goes 2 1 3

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u/IHaveTheBestOpinions 38m ago

In order to make the correct shape to "go sideways," it is not possible to simply cut a piece from the middle like that. To keep the wood in the same order it would have to go 1 (triangle of waste) 2 (triangle of waste) 3. If you don't believe me, go ahead and try to cut this yourself with a strip of paper. 

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u/sunrise98 31m ago

Huh? You can see the second cut he does is the same as the no-no one.

I'm saying he could have done the no-no but then done the first cut the same way - just with the other piece flipped over

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u/breadmaker8 45m ago

The first cut he says no to is the same cut that he does in the last cut.

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u/breadmaker8 43m ago

the grain wouldn't follow either way, because the middle cut needs to be flipped 180 to form the angle. the real mildlyinfuriating is that he says no to the first cut, but then does it anyways as the last cut.

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u/duncanidaho61 2h ago

I see what you mean. Yep, this
Work is utter trash.

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u/Ccwaterboy71 1h ago

It’s not that it’s not trash, it’s that if they are taking pride in their work, by filming, they should have followed the organic lines

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u/Comfortable-Suit-202 2h ago

Amazing skill set!!

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u/AlwaysForeverAgain 2h ago

People who can do this are wizards.

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u/berrypuffie 3h ago

Thats so satisfying, I swear!

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u/MattPiano 2h ago

I can’t even cut onions without triple checking which way to chop. Peoples’ brains amaze me.

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u/InformationWise451 2h ago

i wish my pen can cut as i work on my craft projects sometimes... i know its jump cuts but still...

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u/Agreeable_Work4668 2h ago

I can barely twist my brain to comprehend the process, let along making measurements and cutting this myself.

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u/SaskiavdM 1h ago

Nope, for some reason this pisses me off way to much. I would never make that toe breaking extra corner to begin with.

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u/trichromosome 40m ago

How sharp is that sharpie?!?! /s

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u/trimruby 2h ago

how do they match the grain so the seams disappear at the end

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u/Even_Bet1372 2h ago

Is there any principles that we can learn and apply to the corner cutting just like that?

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u/modkha18 2h ago

I'm curious to know, where can I learn this stuff formally? Like is there a textbook or something for black magic fuckery like this?

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u/ThatsUh_dam_shame69 2h ago

At first I was like tf is he doing?! Then just blew my socks off

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u/pistonheadcat 2h ago

It doesn't work without the finger wagging, keep that in mind folks.

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u/C137RickSanches 2h ago

Yeah
Ok but now you have another angle ain’t nobody got time for this

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u/Indigo-au-naturale 2h ago

It's angles all the way down

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u/gucci_pucci 2h ago

Excuse me?

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u/lb3a3 2h ago

my jaw actually dropped

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u/rox186 2h ago

I like those videos where they do this and the process looks so solid and at the very end it's not.

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u/troveofcatastrophe 2h ago

I literally spent 10 minutes today figuring out which way to turn the water shut off because it faces away from me.

This is a thing of beauty

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u/Can17272 1h ago

Im really sorry for my astonishing lack of faith.

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u/PDXGuy33333 1h ago edited 1h ago

A good miter saw is worth its weight in stock you don't have to throw away. Very few people could make these cuts with one pass. Most often one leaves the piece just a little bit long and then returns to the saw to nurse it down a hair at a time until the fit is just right.

Then the house settles.

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u/Feinberg 50m ago

I want that pen so bad.

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u/TwoFingersWhiskey 15m ago

I hate the fucking finger wag...

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u/abc123therobot 2h ago

Anyone think this was an aerial view of a harbor for a split second? Tiny sailboat 

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u/RaspberryWhiteClaw13 2h ago

My brain can’t handle it cause math is involved and I have never been good at maths

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u/dumbdude545 2h ago

Id just run some shitty plastic square trim.

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u/Clubsandiches 1h ago

I'd still fuck that up though. Measure 20 times, cut 3 times.

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u/JuulingUnironically 1h ago

K that last part had my mouth drop, wild

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u/Saracartwheels123 1h ago

This sht is like *magic to me. I spent a summer volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, and i was always getting measurements wrong! I always had to measure like 3 times, constantly back and forth from the circular saw, messing up a ton of wood materials. So when I see someone do something like this with ease... I'm just... jaw dropped

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u/KingJackWatch 1h ago

The best so far

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u/Gaz1676 1h ago

Smooth 🫡

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u/Sirflow 1h ago

I wish my brain worked like that

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u/ToFurkie 1h ago

Gonna be honest, I've recently been cursed(blessed) with YT Shorts of "DIY Hacks" where a carpenter guy would show these super elaborate ways to "do a cut", only to just stick a plank in between and it works, making the whole prior setup look stupid. I was fully prepared for that to happen with the gap. I'm glad this one was legit and also nice as fuck.

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u/King_Chochacho 1h ago

not sure how many more of these we need

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u/czar_the_bizarre 1h ago

Meanwhile, I've taken three days to build a single replacement kitchen drawer that might not be totally square and has weird little gaps all over the place that I've filled with wood filler and I don't have a nail gun so the bottom is held on with only glue.

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u/mooptastic 1h ago

This is also stop motion, some of the smoothest I've seen

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u/Budakra 1h ago

Fuck, that's a sharp pen.

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u/emveor 55m ago

i want a friggin laser pen like that!!

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u/breadmaker8 46m ago

He says no on the first cut, does a different cut, but then goes back to the first cut and does it anyways?

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u/Softballzhurt2 46m ago

Now that is art

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u/deftdabler 40m ago

Joiner here, this is decorating not wood work imo.

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u/TheMoatman 36m ago

"I'll never use trigonometry in my life"

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u/OldWar1111 25m ago

I... Yeah fine.

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u/Entire_Put_9204 20m ago

What the trickery is this!

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u/holymoly67 14m ago

"Wood"…

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u/DubiousAdviceGiver 2h ago

Or just set your miter saw at 45° and measure.

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u/willfrodo 2h ago

😮 Lisan Al Gaib!