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**Tim J.**

Kevin Vang typed:
In article ,
says...
Maybe we should talk about handtools vs. powertools instead.
:-)
Well, you gotta at least pick something that is debatable!

I'll start! We just tore down our deck and re-built it, the old
deck having succumbed to a terminal case of dry rot. I suppose that
I could have built it without a reciprocating saw, circular saw,
compound miter saw, cordless electric drill, air compressor and
pneumatic framing nailer, but I sure as hell wouldn't have wanted
to. I will admit to feeling virtuous when I watch a paper thin
shaving curl up out of a handplane, but I don't think that cross
cutting 2x6's with hand saw would give me the same warm fuzzy
feeling, especially not when it's 95 out.

You da man, Kevin! Power tools *rock*! I am disappointed, however, that no
2-cycle chain saws were used.

(and yes, I know that building a deck isn't really woodworking...)

If it's made out of wood and you're working, it's woodworking. G
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TL,
Tim
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