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Technology in the Shop
Popular Woodworking
|June 2022
Does adding a CNC to your shop make you less of a woodworker?
A CNC router, or any other "new-fangled" pieces of equipment are just that tools for you to use in your shop, at your discretion.
I consider myself a pretty traditional woodworker. I heavily favor hand tools because that's how I like to work. But, I also realize that there's a particular part of woodworking that I enjoy, so I will supplement my woodworking with power tools to get me to where I want to be faster.
This story is from the June 2022 edition of Popular Woodworking.
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