Just Wondering wrote:

Nevertheless, it's still frustrating when, tuning in to see how to make
something, Norm uses tools most people will never have. For example,
using a mortising tool to cut a mortise instead of showing how to make a
mortise with a drill press, hammer and sharp chisel.

I have a mortiser. You can too, perfectly usable versions can be had
for ~ $300, maybe much less if used.

I use my mortiser on every project, others might use it as a coat rack.
Before my machine was obtained, I used a router, or the method you
mention. It's all good, we choose how to spend our shop budgets based
on personal tastes.

Picking up a side job or selling a custom piece here or there can
greatly increase the shop budget. I started out repairing broken
cabinet doors, work that was not worth the time of local cabinet shops.
I left some inkjet cards with the local shops, and found I could make
decent blow money surgically fixing doors. Once I learned which ones to
turn away, the margins got even better.

I never expected to own a mortiser, until I got a shot making some
custom interior passage doors. A few weeks of part-time work paid for
my time AND a new stand-up machine.

And I cringe at
all the times he uses a brad nailer instead of clamps to hold pieces
together while the glue dries.

So use clamps. Is he holding the brad nailer to your head? g

Maybe David Marks shouldn't show his Multi-Router? That's right, there
are MR owners on this forum.

Maybe we should pick on Chris Schwartz because he uses $1000+ infill
planes instead of Anant planes?

Will you ever have a hand made infill smoother or Multi-Router? I
probably won't, but who knows? g