• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      21 days ago

      If I want to do my hobby, I need to make time for it, whereas if I want to watch videos about my hobby, I can do it on the toilet. It turns out it’s a lot easier to watch than make time for a hobby, hence why I do more of it.

      If I didn’t have to work, I’d spend more time doing my hobby. But I do, and I have kids, so hobby time is quite limited.

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      21 days ago

      Watching someone cut a dovetail by hand is a lot more interesting now that I know from experience how hard it is. And maybe I’ll learn a trick to make my next ones better.

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          21 days ago

          A dovetail is a type of joint that doesn’t require fasteners and only uses the material (usually glue for wood).

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            21 days ago

            It was more funny when I didn’t know that :(

            But thanks! I kind of expected it’s something like that :D

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              21 days ago

              Does knowing that the name comes from one of the join elements (left side) looking like the tail of a dove, improve that?

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            21 days ago

            Cutting dovetails implies by hand - power tools exist for it, but those using power tools generally use different joints.

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                21 days ago

                I’m not surprised. They are very hard to make correctly and not that much better than other options that are easier to do. they are a “holy grail” of wood working skill for a reason. I’ve done a dozen in my life and the best is so awful I want to burn an otherwise nice creation to hide the evidence.