[Elecraft] KPA500 - just 500 watts?

[Don Wilhelm]

  Rich (and Ron),

You are comparing apples and oranges.  Master craftsmen use power tools 
as a 'tool' to get the job done easier and faster.  They also are expert 
in the use of hand tools to do the same job.  The skill is not in the 
tools used, but at the hands of the user.  There are just as many 
"botched" jobs using power tools as there are using hand tools.

Those of us who have done professional woodworking have a saying -- The 
difference between an amateur and a professional is that the 
professional knows how to fix his mistakes (sometimes that means 
starting over).
BTW - carpentry does not equal woodworking - two different fields - the 
carpenter measures to the nearest 1/8 inch, but the woodworker is 
concerned about which side of a of a 7mm pencil mark to cut on.

Similar analogies apply for CW and the proper use of power.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 1/26/2011 12:11 AM, Rich NU6T wrote:
> I've seen some really hacked carpentry done with power tools.
>
> If I had to compare weekend warrior power tool work to master craftsman
> hand tool work, I'd go with the hand tool job.
>
> Rich
> NU6T
> (here it comes....)
>
> On 1/25/2011 8:16 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>> Using a straight key (or bug) is like using a hand plane and chisels to make
>> furniture. The end result will never be as perfect as something done with
>> power tools, but the satisfaction is in the challenge of learning to do the
>> best job possible with something that demands physical skill.
>