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    I shall upload my cabinet tomorrow, it looks easy to make but it seriously wasn't, all the sanding and biscuit joints, then the half lap joints and dowell joints, gosh!!

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    At GCSE and A-level DT we always measured everything in millimetres.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blinger View Post
    I shall upload my cabinet tomorrow, it looks easy to make but it seriously wasn't, all the sanding and biscuit joints, then the half lap joints and dowell joints, gosh!!
    See, I don't biscuit, or half lap, or dowel.. none of that is necessary anymore with pocket holes :] they are AMAZING

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    My teacher was a douche and would never have told me about them. Dowell are annoying, ruined one of my draws because of that!!
    Half laps are not that bad, quite easy tbh.. Biscuits are only annoying because u can't let I warp so u need about 100 biscuits!!!

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    converting measurements is boring
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blinger View Post
    My teacher was a douche and would never have told me about them. Dowell are annoying, ruined one of my draws because of that!!
    Half laps are not that bad, quite easy tbh.. Biscuits are only annoying because u can't let I warp so u need about 100 biscuits!!!
    Ever done mortise and tenon? omg.


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    Yes. Just as horrible as the dowel joint!! Dove tail I'd also bad :-(

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    Dove tail is so much easier than m&t even with the proper jig

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