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Megan Fitzpatrick

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As seen in: Never Sponsored, The American Peasant, The Anarchist's Apprentice, Wiley Online Library, Memory Studies, PLOS ONE, Eyes on Earth, Biomed Central (BMC), The New England Journal of Medicine, The University of New Mexico - UNM, Canadian Medical Association Journal, NewsBreak, Popular Woodworking Magazine and
Writer, reader, editor, teacher, woodworker, ailurophile, lapsed Shakespearean.
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First-class Saw Cut

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By Megan Fitzpatrick Verified
| The Anarchist's Apprentice
Here’s how a chisel and a crosscut saw help me achieve crisp dovetail shoulders. (Thank you, Robert Wearing.) p.s. People with actual videography and video editing skills will return to this space soon! Also people with match skills…I actually have 71 to go.
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California Air Tools Compressors

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By Megan Fitzpatrick Verified
| Never Sponsored
Many years ago, as a young and foolish new homeowner with a new nail gun, I bought an inexpensive 2-gallon air compressor at a big box store1. It worked fine as far as driving nails, filling tires and the like, but it was louder than any of the much larger machinery I used at work. My best guess is that it was around 120 dB at the end of its life with me, and it always gave me a headache, despite my zealous commitment to ear protection. I kept that thing for a decade.
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Mini HSS Drill Bit Set

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By Megan Fitzpatrick Verified
| Never Sponsored
One of the most useful gifts I’ve ever received from Chris is a 50 Piece Mini Drill Bit Set (#20575) from Rockler. I can no longer find it on the Rockler site, but there’s a similar set (possibly the same set, different branding) available right now from Garrett Wade. Why would I want so many of the same size bits? Well, for me, they are darn handy when teaching, since several of the projects I teach involve cut nails and/or square-shanked nails, for which you must drill pilot holes.
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