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		<title>An Award-Winning Letter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How I built a reputation that is now worth money to me as a builder&#8221;
A reprinted article from American Carpenter &#38; Builder, July, 1912.
We all owe a debt of gratitude to Jeff K. Burks for the tremendous effort he makes to discover, copy, and share these jewels! Years ago, Jeff introduced me and countless other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/03/01/an-award-winning-letter/</link>
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		<title>Falling Water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where Wright was Right and Wright was Wrong

I recently read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. What a great story about an architect—Howard Roark—who refuses to compromise his creative ideals or his personal values. In a biography of Frank Lloyd Wright, Brendan Gill discusses the comparison between Wright and Roark, and the common misconception that Rand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/02/12/falling-water/</link>
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		<title>Festool 4 Ft. (Stabila) Level</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I started teaching carpentry clinics at lumberyards around the country, one of the first companies I sought support from was Stabila—I used their levels for a couple of decades and wouldn’t think of switching brands. There was no other spirit level available that guaranteed the same degree of precision, whether the vials were right-side [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/02/12/festool-4-ft-stabila-level/</link>
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		<title>Customizing a Table Saw Stand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A unique approach to making a full-function work center
As a young carpenter living in an apartment and specializing in residential remodeling, I have to wear a lot of hats—and make them all fit into a truck and small trailer. That is why I always look for tools and techniques that combine multiple tasks into smaller [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/01/22/customizing-a-table-saw-stand/</link>
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		<title>Exterior Porch Details for Traditional Materials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Drive through a new subdivision today and you&#8217;re greeted by homes covered with large swathes of vinyl and plastic. Step onto a porch and meet more plastic—floors, railings, columns…the list goes on and on.
In many homes, plastic has replaced wood and permeated almost every exterior building product. Not surprisingly, builders have become fluent at installing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/01/01/exterior-porch-details-for-traditional-materials/</link>
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		<title>Shop Class as Soulcraft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A book every craftsman should read
&#8220;What sort of personality does one need to have, as a twenty-first-century mechanic, to tolerate the layers of electronic bullshit that get piled on top of machines?”
&#8211;Matthew Crawford, Shop Class as Soulcraft: Penquin Press, 2009
I recently taught a class on Mastering the Miter Saw to a group of mixed-age students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/10/01/shop-class-as-soulcraft/</link>
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		<title>An Introduction to SketchUp for Finish Carpenters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[



&#8211;    It works the way a carpenter thinks.



 
If you are tired of working out trim details on a scrap of wood or making shop drawings with graph paper and a ruler, SketchUp is your answer. Unlike most computer-aided design programs you may have tried, SketchUp is very intuitive and works the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/10/01/introduction-sketchup-finish-carpenters/</link>
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		<title>Making Money on Built-ins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Selling yourself: Like it or not, marketing matters.
I started my Handyman business in Los Angeles, CA back in 1999 after leaving a 23-year sales career. I made a good living in sales, but it wasn’t satisfying. I’ve always been interested in fixing things, and even more interested in working with wood.
Over the years, I’ve learned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/10/01/making-money-built-ins/</link>
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		<title>Multi-Tasking Tools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oscillating tools that make a carpenter&#8217;s life easier

For years, the only oscillating tools made my contractors, capable of cutting, sawing, grinding&#8212;a multitude of tasks per- formed by no other single tool&#8212;were the Fein Supercut and the Fein Multimaster. Rumors have circulated that the patents held by Fein on its well known Multimaster have expired and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/04/01/multi-tasking-tools/</link>
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		<title>DeWalt&#8217;s New Saw: The Inside Track!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cregg Sweeney takes DeWalt&#8217;s new DWS520 for a spin.
www.dewalt.com :: List price $499
About 18 months ago I bought the Festool TS 55 track saw. I’ll admit that I was skeptical about all the buzz this tool was getting, but very interested to see how this saw performed. After doing everything from accurately ripping and crosscutting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/04/01/dewalts-new-saw-the-inside-track/</link>
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