Urban myths re electricity/fuel/energy/power.

[Lurkalot]

When I first started my apprenticeship one of the first practical lessons was squaring up and sizing rough sawn timber with a hand plane. . It was probably more a case of understanding the process rather than setting us up for a life time of hand planing as I haven't done much of it in the last forty years. It's possible but it would be hard to make a living without power tools. The re-enacting has lead on to me making reproduction furniture which some have described as museum quality whatever that means but even just finishing with handtools , planes and scrapers loads the end price of a piece.
Saying that I never quite understand when simple small jobs like a bit of skirting requires getting out the power tools. Often just as quick or quicker to get out the handsaw.
Sorry if this has taken the thread off topic.

[Default0ptions]

Good point, Catweazle. I agree

[kenneal - lagger]

We were taught to square up a piece of sawn timber on the OND Engineering course that I did in 1965. We were also taught to lead wipe a joint! Even then copper had replaced lead pipes but it's in the brain cells in case of a reversion to the iron age.