"Enoch Root" wrote in message

I'm troubled by the assumption that the craftsman is less involved in
the work if the cuts are programmed into the machine. There's nothing
other than inertia there to stop the craftsman from stepping in to
modify the course of the blade to affect a curve in a chamfer, or to
arrange the workpiece to take advantage of some effect of the wood.

I believe the assumption would only hold true if the bulk of entire process
to the finished product is done by the machine. *That* I'd attribute to many
factories. Since most of us don't own all these commercial machines, our
constructions are prone to errors and variances in construction that make
most of what we make unique.