Enoch Root wrote:

In any event, there's nothing unalterable about a programmed series of
cuts and the soul or liveliness of a piece can be found in the
craftsman's involvement in its making. Whether that be through the
handles of a spokeshave, or the fingerpads of a keyboard, it is still
transmitted to the wood.

But the fingerpads give no tactile feedback FROM the wood TO the
hands
of the person on the keyboard. And with a machine whirring and a
cutter cutting, it's hard to hear when the sound of the cuttiing edge
changes that subtle little bit that warns of the beginning of a
problem.
The machine driven wood removing device also can't see when the
nice grain begins appearing and indicates "screw the plans, I'm
stopping here to keep this look of the wood!"

charlie b