Spent $200 on a fancy dovetail jig I still can't figure out

I bought that Leigh jig 3 months ago thinking it'd speed up my drawer builds, but after watching 4 YouTube videos and ruining 12 practice boards, I'm back to cutting them by hand because at least my fingers know what they're doing has anyone else hit a wall with a jig that just collects dust?

Tried a bucket trick for leveling a mobile crane on soft ground near Austin

I was setting up on a muddy lot last month and my outriggers kept sinking no matter how many pads I stacked. After digging around in my truck, I used four empty 5-gallon buckets filled with gravel under the pads and it worked perfectly. Has anyone else found a weird trick like that for stabilizing on sketchy ground?

My entire watchlist on AniList just vanished yesterday, right before the new season started.

A trainer in Lexington told me my rasp angle was off by about 10 degrees

He showed me on a hoof he was working on, and the cut was so much cleaner. How do you check your own form when you're working alone?

I finally stopped fighting my oven's hot spot after a string of burnt bread

For years at the cafe in Portland, I'd get uneven bakes on my sourdough boules. The back left corner ran about 25 degrees hotter. I tried rotating trays, lowering the temp, everything. Last month, I just started putting a small, empty sheet pan on that rack to block the direct heat. It sounds too simple, but my bakes have been perfect for three weeks straight. It's one of those old-school fixes that just works. What's your go-to trick for dealing with a bad oven?

Read a study that said 70% of freelancers feel lonely, and it hit me hard

I found this in a report from a freelance union site last month. It was a survey of 500 people. I always thought my stress was just about money or deadlines. But seeing that number made me realize how much working alone in my apartment messes with my head. How do you guys deal with the isolation part of the job?

Appreciation post: My desk cable mess took a full day to fix

I finally decided to tackle the jungle of wires under my desk yesterday morning. I thought it would take maybe an hour, but untangling, labeling, and running everything through sleeves took until dinner time. I found three old phone chargers I forgot I owned and a power strip from 2015. Has anyone found a truly simple way to keep this under control without it becoming a huge job?

My old boss in Phoenix told me to never take a counteroffer, but staying put after getting one was the best move I ever made.

Dropped $800 on a moisture meter for a big glue-down job and it paid for itself in a day

Got a contract for a 3,000 sq ft office glue-down in an old building downtown. The concrete slab felt dry, but I had a bad feeling. Bought a high-end Wagner meter, and sure enough, the readings were way over spec in the back corner. Told the GC, they brought in a drying system for a week before we could start. Anyone else had a meter save a job from a callback disaster?

Serious question, why does everyone think a bone folder is just for creasing paper?

I keep seeing people use them to press down book cloth and it's going to tear the fibers... you need a proper roller for that step. Has anyone else had to fix a project where the cloth got wrecked like this?