I guess here is the one place where people would get this:
In the real world, no matter HOW hard you try, you will NOT be able to locate enough lumber that is perfectly straight to do whatever your project is, so that Invariably you will wind up either having to put a little extra pressure clamp wise, or , worse case, you will wind up with at least ONE door on your set of cabinets that you are building that will have the one edge opposite a hinge sticking out at least an additional 16th of an inch difference between the top and the bottom. And if you are really lucky, it will be the most viewed door, according to placement. Now on Norm Abrams show, apparently from the planet wambeeno, he has GOT to have an eight to ten foot long iron that he uses to press the wood so that it is perfectly straight. And am I the only one who has a look of absolute disbelief at some of the woods that man uses? Like one time he built the most beautiful coffee table, out of a wood that has been extinct for 70 years or so, chestnut. Yea, lemme go to lowes and get me some of that, aisle 3 if I'm not mistaken. But he is the master craftsman, no doubt. In his world, there is never any snipe on the ends of his boards, he never holds one end of the board down too hard and messes up a jointed edge on the end of a long run. His biscuits always line up across the boards perfectly so that an edge is not sticking up across the width of the piece (again, that chestnut coffee table comes to mind). And my FAVORITE thing of all, when he finishes a piece, there is NEVER any glue spots on any of his joints that the finish wont look right on. I use titebond II the same as him, so apparently he must have off camera somewhere eight to ten kettles of boiling water so that the glue does not set up before he can get it wiped off. Just a couple of observations on my part. I would LOVE to hear anyone else who has seen similar things to those. I cant be the only one who has a hard time believing that things actually run that smoothly and problem free. Personally, I would like to think that seeing the pitfalls could offer alot of valueable insight as well.