Originally posted by 754
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This is not so unusual, it has been the normal state of things until the last hundred years or so. Workmen took their tools to the job, and it got done wherever it was. Only now (last 50 years or so) is it viewed as unusual.
Everyone is so damn spoiled by "power everything" that people are surprised that I would consider a hand saw for cutting a board.... even though I am done before they would have even fetched the circular saw.
(No, I am not advocating for everyone using a treadle type metal lathe, etc.)
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