Cal Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) I have never heard of this movie, but after the trailer and IMDB write up, I will be looking for it. I really like Robert Duvall as an actor. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194263/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 And loosely based on a true story no less! Edited February 20, 2018 by Cal Grandpadave52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Watched it last night. Good movie. Grandpadave52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmealy Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Back to the original question, if I understand it right, I think there are a few reasons that I can think of. Some people don't have the space or money for (another) big piece of equipment. If you are working out of a corner of a basement, spare apartment room, or half a garage, you might not have enough room for a jointer, planer, band saw, table saw, and router table. Maybe one or two, but not all. Likewise for the beginner, person on a tight budget, or with four kids at home and not much cash to spare. Or working in a space with one 15A outlet. Other people just enjoy the hand work. It's quiet, hands-on, no so dusty, what they enjoy doing, and immediate feedback. They are doing historical reproductions and want to do them in the historical way.That's a choice and I'm comfortable with it. "Craftsmanship of risk vs. craftsmanship of certainty" (Pye) CNC guys could say the same thing about those that are using those old table saws and band saws that you have to set all the dimensions & fences, worry about order of cutting, etc. Then you have to go to another machine to shape or sand the edges. Some people (I think I fit here) are hybrid woodworkers. We use both hand and power tools when appropriate. Am I going to flatten and plane some rough cut 7/8" stock down to 1/2" for drawer sides? No way. I'll run it through my jointer and planer. Am I going to take 20 minutes to find the right router bit, put in the router, put the router in the router table, set the depth, run a test cut, readjust, retest, to make a chamfer on an edge for 12"? Probably not, I'll mark it and reach for my plane and have it done. Or if I'm fitting a drawer into the case and it's a little tight in the back corner, I probably won't pull out the belt sander and grind it down, I'll make a quick passes with a plane. Same thing if I'm working somewhere outside the shop and away from the equipment. If I'm doing a repair and need to cut a board to length, I pull out the hand saw. No fetching a miter saw, plugging it in, cleaning up the mess, etc. I'll change my mind if I'm cutting 10 bed slats to length. Some people like "collecting." A friend of mine has 400 planes. His working set is 3. He enjoys the history and technology, and restoring them when needed. Another friend collects art glass. They just enjoy having them. Nothing wrong with that. Each to his own. Whatever you do, enjoy it. Dadio, Cal, HARO50 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadio Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Very good , Covered all the bases. Herb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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