"loutent" wrote in message
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So there I am - starting at 10:AM - measuring, marking, testing,
re-testing - cutting, trimming, dado-ing (sp?). Routing a stopped
dado in opposte ends of a cabinet with a dado for a middle support
in said shelf and cabinet bottom.

6 Hours later - success - for 1 cabinet!

Jeez! And I have all the freakin' tools!

Is it just me? I am slow, so slow.... and Norm does so much
in 25 minutes...

I need support....

Options are limited.

Yell at one of the large and lazy offspring,home from college for the
weekend? Turn your back and they're gone, sometimes while the glue's spread
and you're playing "Beat the Clock" with the clamps.

Call down the esteemed spouse? She's result-oriented, and requires a full
description of the eventual project, the pieces involved, and the effect it
might have on that corner of the living room before she'll "hold this while
I tighten this end."

If the kids are under thirteen or over 25, you've got a shop helper.