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Met a guy at a job site who only used hand tools for trim work
Last month I was trimming out a master closet in a house up in Portland, and this older carpenter named Dave showed up to help me with the crown molding. He pulled out a old Stanley block plane and a set of chisels, no power tools at all. Asked him why he didnt just use a miter saw like everyone else, and he said "the saw makes dust, I make shavings." Spent the afternoon watching him cope inside corners by hand, and every joint fit tight as a drum. He told me he learned that way from his grandpa in the 70s and never saw a reason to switch. Made me wonder if I lean on my cordless tools too much for stuff that doesnt need them. Has anyone else run into a tradesperson who sticks to the old school methods?
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