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If I were younger CNC or laser or whatever would be in my shop. I have a guy that does laser stuff for me. I would do a lot more if I had my own. CNC - I would find a use for it. My brother (pro-cabinet maker) has been thinking about adding a CNC because some customers have asked about custom panels with designs on them. I don't know if he has a source to do them.
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Mike
I feel it is just another tool. I know people who only do hand tools and look down at others that use a table saw or planner or jointer or bandsaw but I feel they help me get the project done faster.
I hope we get a small one so we can do custom writing on pens and making nice lids to boxes.
If I give up working with wood and let tools to do all the work then I lose the satisfaction of holding and working it, but the tool/equipment is only and end to the means.
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(03-29-2017, 08:15 AM)gMike Wrote: It seems like Rockler is really pushing this new type of technology on the average woodworker as the next wave of woodworking. Personally, I don't see them as something that I want in my own shop. I guess I'm old school enough to want the make the cut or chop the mortise myself rather than program a machine to do it for me. I recognize that there has been a lot of technology introduced in woodworking since my Grandfather's day but none of it involved programming a computer to do something. I guess I'm just old and resistant to change but I know I would rather spend $4,000 on wood than on a machine that takes the joy out of woodworking.
How do the rest of you feel about the potential impact of computer controlled machines in woodworking?
I can imagine the same conversation between two guys the first time they saw an electric router or scroll saw.
