George wrote:
"Brian G" wrote in message

I personally wouldn't even consider using a router for hinges unless
it was in the workshop and then only on a fairly long production run
of door and frame sets.


Brian G



Behave yourself a novice with a router can give you more accuracy and
precision flatness for a hinge rebate than the same person who's
never held a chisel and hammer to do carpentry work

The craftsman of yesteryear would died for todays electric gizmos and
thats a fact.

George,

I am a "craftsman of yesteryear" (well over 40 years in fact) and qualified
to Advanced City and Guilds level (when they meant something) along with the
Institute of Certified Carpenters certificate ( you've got to be certified
to be a 'chippie' anyway) LOL and I must admit that the only tools I would
ever have metaphorically "died" for are the modern day electric drills and
decent a portable table saw.

Even now though, I do most of my work literally by hand - and I find far
more enjoyment and satisfaction in doing so!

Ah but never mind! At least after I took early retirement some years ago, I
took several fairly long full and part-time training courses at the local
college to learn how to play with, build and repair that new fangled
invention called the computer - along with an equivalent M.O.U.S (Microsoft
Office Users Specialist) qualification to advanced level (and other
applications) just to 'bring me into the modern age' - but I still have to
get my son to set up the damned DVD player :-)

Brian G