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re: Prioritizing power tools for a home woodworking shop
Posted on 4/4/24 at 3:09 pm to ChEgrad
Posted on 4/4/24 at 3:09 pm to ChEgrad
The pleasure of woodworking for me is making a piece as I go. I typically don’t follow plans and love the way things come together as I go. Power tools don’t get in the way of that.
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Posted on 4/5/24 at 2:20 pm to VanRIch
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The pleasure of woodworking for me is making a piece as I go. I typically don’t follow plans and love the way things come together as I go. Power tools don’t get in the way of that.
You need to do what works for you, but what I have found is that hand tools have given me options for precision that can be challenging with power tools.
I can shave miters by a thousandth of an inch, hand planing wood to remove planer marks is faster, easier, and less dusty than sanding them out, and hand chopping mortises and hand sawing tenons is just very enjoyable. Hand cut dovetails are more aesthetically pleasing to the eye than machine cut ones.
I just wish I had discovered the joys of hand tools 35 years ago, instead of 5 years ago.
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