Brother Eddie, you need to cool your jets.

My "jets" aren't hot.

Regardless of the ACTUAL temperature of your jets, I have to say they
sounded hot. It sounds like you feel the need to defend yourself - do
you really think someone is going to give up on their table saw (and
not buy your aligner) because of Tom's post? In the recent thread
following your TS-aligner sale post, I was very impressed at your
business philosophy, incorporating others' ideas, standing behind your
product because it works, and encouraging people to try it for
themselves or make something better if they don't believe you. Thus
your defensive-sounding reply here surprised me. I haven't seen Steve
Knight or Robin Lee respond like that to a post here about some handy
new power-tool jig...

I have no doubt that your product is the best of its kind on the
market, and as a user of both power and hand tools, I'm not saying
either is superior. But I am curious why you apparently feel
threatened by someone extoling the increasingly rare virtues of
craftsmanship, just because the craftsman in his example used hand
tools. Sure, there are plenty of "woodworkers" who buy expensive
planes and chisels just because they're expensive or pretty, and then
spend most of their time diddling with them instead of using them to
their fullest potential. Just as there are with power-tool-happy
"woodworkers", who buy a machine just because of a new gimmick or an HP
rating. But I don't think that was the point of the OP. (Note - this
defense of Tom's original post doesn't necessarily extend to the rest
of the thread...)

When I read the original post, the point I took away was apparently the
one Tom intended: the real woodworker's focus should be on the work,
not the tools, and that a bunch of fancy expensive tools (whether they
are of the tailed or hand variety) are not necessary to produce good
work. For me, the point of woodworking is to enjoy the process, to
challenge myself, and to come out with a functional and hopefully
attractive piece of furniture when I'm done. I don't like to waste
time, but I don't need to rush through it either. (Yes, I know those
who have deadlines and/or customers to satisfy are in an entirely
different situation here.) But I appreciated Tom's initial reminder
that gadgets don't make the woodworker.

(Of course, if your hobby is fiddling with power tools or sharpening
expensive hand tools, at least you're not causing trouble for other
people or the environment, as you would be with many other hobbies...)