Wow! All these questions coming my way! I feel so special!

Ideally, the timber is sized 1/6" to 1/8" over for finishing, as is ideal for handcutting. But the machine has a tolerance level to 1/4" to account for any taper or skips in the planing.

Untrue sizes - I measure every piece, both ends and middle, and then program into the computer the measurements, so the machine knows exactly what its working with. If the timber is a 1/2" over size, I tell it that and it will do the joinery that much deeper.

And I cull twist!

Time - lets say a housed mortise on all sides of an 8x8 post - it would probably take about 20 min. And it could cut the bottom and sides, but would be rotated (the machine does this itself) to get the top. Sad to say, but that post would have taken me most of a day to complete by hand.

But at least I can further my career as a super model, now that I don't have those big bruises across my thighs from flipping the timbers....