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  1. I'm Greg and I'm addicted to woodworking

    By Greenaqua,
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  3. Hello from St. Louis

    By Stobes21,
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  4. New guy from the PNW

    By pdxkris,
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  5. Allow Me to Introduce Myself

    By TimberMagic,
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  6. Hello from Saskatchewan!

    By PlaneJoe,
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  7. I'm so new I haven't even started!

    By Russell Beeman,
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  8. A little less than a year into this great hobby.

    By Jeff Ellis,
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  9. Hello from Minnesota

    By cabinfever,
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  10. Grew up in a wood shop, just getting back to it after 20 years

    By LindsayannB,
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  11. Greeting from the NW Hills in CT

    By popper,
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  12. Hello from Las Vegas + First Project

    By Jake Broadbent,
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  13. Hello from another North Virginian

    By Virginia Mark,
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  14. New to woodwork from SoCal

    By aro,
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  15. Re-kindling my interest in Washington

    By bernieswanson,
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  16. Hello from SW Florida...

    By LoveToMakeSawdust,
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  17. Hello from Australia

    By kaedun,
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  18. Hello from Michigan

    By skycarcass,
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  19. G'day from Adelaide Australia

    By Yanis,
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  20. New woodworker in the Southwest

    By chrisb,
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  21. Hello, from east central Indiana

    By Raefco,
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  22. Hi from western Colorado

    By customwood montrose,
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  23. Hello from Seattle

    By FlyinFish,
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  24. Hello from South Carolina

    By Russell Ledford,
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  25. Hi I am Chef

    By chefmagnus@grics.net,
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  26. Hello from State College, PA

    By Statuser,
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    • JohnG
      Hmmmm... Nancy Hiller class

      By JohnG · Posted

      Looks like a video series that was filmed before her passing. What’s the problem with them continuing to make this available? 
    • Tpt life
      Hmmmm... Nancy Hiller class

      By Tpt life · Posted

      I think this is poor advertising, but much like the rural network of Bob Ross certified instructors, that taught Bob Ross painting. 
    • Mark J
      Hmmmm... Nancy Hiller class

      By Mark J · Posted

      Had to look her up.  Boy, she passed away quite young.
    • bradleyheathhays
      Money saving idea/question for contractors

      By bradleyheathhays · Posted

      Hey there once again.  My daytime job finds me at my buddy's 'cabinet shop' where no actual woodworking is done.  We're a cabinet supplier with a little warehouse space to hold contractors' and clients' orders.  We can order cabinets either built or flat pack unassembled.  Over the last couple years working there I've asked a few contractors how much different the pricing would be if they got their cabinets unassembled instead of assembled...and most of them said they'd save about 50%.  100% of our contractors order them built btw.  Building them is crazy easy but everybody opts to pay thousands more to have us put their cabinets together.  A wall cabinet takes about 10 min to assemble and an average base about 15 min.  We just delivered 20k worth of kitchen and bathroom cabinets to my other buddy's contract built house; it was about 32 cabinets altogether.  If we were to have put together these same cabinets it would've taken us about a full day.   So you see where I'm getting to here?  Why don't I advertise myself to contractors as the guy who's been building their cabinets for the last two years and see if they're willing to order unassembled, save a ton of money and pay me maybe half of what extra they would've spent?  Sounds like a win win huh?   So my question is...what issues aren't I seeing yet with my idea?  My contractor buddy who's helping me work on developing this says he doesn't think contractors will want to get into the minutia of adding a different step to the process they've already settled into...building houses the way they do.  The way he put it is that contractors want to know one 'cabinet guy' who gets it all done from design to supply to installation.  Almost all the contractors we deliver to also use our company's two installers, and my idea would make things a little bumpier for them.  I'm sure lots of contractors in my city of 330k population have their own installers but my contractor buddy says that good installers are few and far in between.  Of course, all I see is a big chunk of change to be made, for both me and the contractors, and I think they'll be interested in hearing about my idea.     Any thoughts?  Thanks as always.
    • Von
      Hmmmm... Nancy Hiller class

      By Von · Posted

      Clearly ones work might outlive one - living in Bloomington, it's not uncommon to run into Nancy's work around town. I've not considered before that ones classes might outlive one. The following just arrived in my inbox.

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