Joiner’s Bench – The Friction That Keeps You Out of the Shop
This week on The Joiner’s Bench, Alex and I get into something every woodworker runs into eventually — falling out of the habit, and all the little friction points that keep you off the bench. We talk through the usual excuses (the couch is comfortable, I don’t know what to make, I don’t have the time) and the things that actually get you back in: committing to ten minutes, picking a standing shop day and defending it, keeping a basic toolkit in your car so there’s nothing between you and the wood. I also tell the story of the architect who talked me out of putting my shop above the garage — and it had nothing to do with hauling lumber up the stairs.
Then we run our first “Myth or Real” segment on the Kreg pocket hole jig: real joinery or cheating? We land hard on the same side. We get into where pocket holes earn their keep versus where the Festool Domino makes more sense, Kreg’s rumored loose-tenon tool, and I make my case one more time for why you should stop buying biscuits.
