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Don’t Be Afraid of Failure

“Whatever you do, don’t mess this up. Don’t mess this up. Don’t mess this up.” These were the thoughts hurtling through my mind as I drilled and reamed the mortises for my first “chair-like” project—a pair of staked saw benches. I’m sure that everyone has felt the same during the critical stage of a build – the fear that the hard work on a project

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