During the last seven years, the time that it takes me to build a stick chair (from lumber to finished-finished) has declined to about 16 hours. And my build time has stayed there, unchanged for a long time.
Meanwhile, I continue to get faster at some operations. Roughing out stock, legging up and saddling …
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