On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:36:51 -0700, foggytown wrote:

Assume that there were no power tools in the world. Would you still be
a keen woodworker? Be honest.

I don't think I would, at least not to anywhere near the extent I am at
the moment. There would be so many things I would be unable to do, or
would be able to do in a crude manner. It would drive me nuts.
Frustration would reign. Does that make me a true Normite? (sigh) I
guess it does!


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