What’s more, we drop them (sorry), leave them in the rain (I swear I thought it was supposed to rain tomorrow!), and otherwise thump them down on work tables, the ground, the floor and wherever else we’re working because, well, carpentry is carpentry and tools need to be able to handle it–in a hurry.
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