Dave, you guys must have been standing around goo gooing over the power tool and not spending time cutting wood.
Yes, another point, when plumb line scribing you have mortises that may be skewed and shoulder cuts that are not square, a hand saw makes a nice cut that needs no chasing with a chisel. And no or fewer time consuming housings and reductions.
Another aspect to hand tools vs power is the safety factor. There is alway a chance of slicing some flesh but skill saw kick back is never a pleasant thing.
If I was to make the jump to a chain mortiser I would take on the cross grain version. The Makita is not where I would want to be if I made the switch. Cost be damned.
Back to the romanticism, being valentine's day and all, I think it is the intrinsic aspect of power tools that some men lean toward.
Last edited by TIMBEAL; 02/14/16 09:06 PM.
