Christy Risser-Milne on Woodworking vs. Saving Time.
Christy Risser-Milne writes “Woodworking isn’t about saving time. If you want to save time, go to Ikea.”
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I find that cutting dovetails by hand (as opposed to using a joiner - a machine) is actually faster, but like anything, it requires practice. It won’t be faster the first time. But if you take the care to do it correctly, it will always be better than a mechanical process.
Honestly though, woodworking isn’t about saving time. If you want to save time, go to Ikea.
If you want to create something really, really cool and know that your grandchildren can be told that grandma/pa made that with her/his very own hands, then you use high quality tools like these and play with making stuff out of wood. Made correctly, your dovetails will be accurate and the joint will last 100+ years.
[via Cool Tools]