Eye,

I wanted to add a response to your 1st post... In re-reading it, I see that you're not just asking about the power vs. hand tool debate, but how tool evolution is changing timber framing... It definitely is.

Check this out:

With more than 207,000 board feet of Douglas fir timber in this horse barn, we relied on our computer-aided Hundegger machine to make hundreds upon hundreds of highly accurate, repeat cuts to create the joinery.

http://www.bensonwood.com/engineering/cnc.cfm


The craft is changing. Do we buy chisels, routers, or software?

I think it comes back to who you are and what you're doing...

Jack Sobon has his place and so does Tedd Benson. They love the craft, but are totaly different animals. I guess the real question is, what "school" will prevail?




Don Perkins
Member, TFG


to know the trees...