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Talked to a 70 year old cabinetmaker last weekend who said he still uses a handsaw for half his cuts
He told me he switched to a Japanese pull saw about 10 years ago and now his dovetails fit tighter than anything I can do with a router, so has anyone else found an old school tool that actually beat out power tools in practice?
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viola1715mo ago
Wait, am I the only one who actually gets this? I've totally had the same kind of moment with a different tool. I mean, I picked up an old Stanley block plane at a flea market last year, just for fun. Sharpened it up myself, which was a whole painful learning process. But now I use it for trimming joints and cleaning up edges way more than I thought I would. It's not faster than a sander, but it leaves this glassy surface that I just can't replicate with sandpaper. Idk, maybe it's just me, but there's something about the feedback you get from a sharp hand tool. You can feel exactly where the wood is dense or has a knot, which a power tool just hides from you. Sorry, I know that sounds kinda crazy, but it really changed how I look at my work.
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kelly3385mo ago
We forget that power tools let us make the same mistakes way faster - maybe the real win is slowing down enough to actually pay attention to the wood.
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