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Re: Best tools you've purchased or acquired?
« Reply #30 on: Mar 27, 2010, 08:10:28 PM »
I'm quite impressed with my can opener


Hurricane, I hear ya man... except ironically i get that feeling when using power tools and imagining the TRUE craftsmen who did things by hand back in the day.  Talk about respect. With how spoiled we are with technology now, its rare to even find real craftsmen now. I wish that apprenticeship and stuff were more common these days instead of all the money-driven schools that teach a watered down, generic version of "skills". That kind of craft, perfection and art is dying off pretty quick...shame really. But i tip my hat to the work you do.

Ok... latenight rant off....    :blah:

I understand what you mean...but, I guaran-freakin'-tee you Thomas Chippendale or anyone of his era would drop their old hand saw for a Powermatic any day.
« Last Edit: Mar 27, 2010, 09:26:32 PM by abnormaltoy »
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