Tom Watson wrote:

A man begins with timber that was felled and bucked to length with a
two handed crossbuck saw, scabbed off with an adze and slabbed out
rough with a pitsaw.


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When he is done, he has created a Goddard-Townsend Blockfront Desk.


A man buys some 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 S4S timber and a sheet plywood.

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What did the customer want?