If you don't understand the question just say so. Like I'm sure when someone says "power tools" you immediately think of a water-driven Archimedes screw, right? You understood wekll enough. You just wanted to play bitch, didn't you. :)
Probably not. I'd do it out of necessity, but not as a hobby.
If there were no cars in the world, I don't think I'd be much of a driver, either.. Mac
Sun, Aug 13, 2006, 7:37am (EDT-3) snipped-for-privacy@aol.com (foggytown) doth stateth: If you don't understand the question just say so. Like I'm sure when someone says "power tools" you immediately think of a water-driven Archimedes screw, right?
I do not understand the question as written.
Actually, no. Roman water-driven wheels.
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I don't understand either one....
But "water-driven Archimedes screw" sounds like something kinky in a hot tub... Mac
Yes. I started as a kid with a set of hand tools selected by my granddad and bought by my mother as a birthday present. That's all I had until my teenage years when I got a jig saw. It wasn't until after college that I had enough income to start buying power tools. Now I've got most all the power tools I need and have started moving back into hand tools. I'll probably end up with just hand tools in the end. Second childhood?
D.G. Adams
that, or your dependents take away all the dangerous power ones.. *g*
Mac
I think I part with some of the opinions here in two ways: not only do I think this is a good question, but I believe that thinking about the question is a good thing.
To me, it's valuable to think of "what if the power goes out"? I don't want a shop I can't use during a blackout: it's the reason I'm putting skylights and a woodstove in mine. I want to know I _can_, if needed, do everything by hand. Would I always prefer to do so? No - I'd like the option of power assist, at least for some tasks. But it shouldn't be, and isn't, required for me to enjoy my woodworking.
Dudley
foggytown wrote:
During a blackout, can think of at least one thing I'd rather do than be in the woodworking shop.
Seems over the years I've had some company, if you bother to check the birth rates 9 months after a blackout for conformation.
Lew
It sort of leads to the topic of "is your power tool work better if you learned on hand tools?"
I think in some cases mine is, especially when cutting or sanding smaller pieces...... Sort of like my theory that if you've replaced things on a car such as brakes and clutches and understand how they work, you use them better and with more respect... YMWV Mac
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