tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post4504790406396054663..comments2022-05-08T12:40:11.093+01:00Comments on Musings from the Workbench: Feminist Woodworking Rant*Alfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369678599909261508noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-81872784642559665762013-03-21T15:55:36.036+00:002013-03-21T15:55:36.036+00:00As soon as I saw the word 'Sellers' it pro...As soon as I saw the word 'Sellers' it provides me with an immediate opportunity to 'switch off' or get the zapper and change to another channel. Preferably zap him instead! If it's any consolation Al, the only Sellers that was ever worth listening to was the Peter variety. This one ain't.<br />Woodblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573880625129679293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-41904827012416946412013-03-20T13:55:11.224+00:002013-03-20T13:55:11.224+00:00Tish! I meant to type 'Unlike say, industrial ...Tish! I meant to type 'Unlike say, industrial design where you DON'T want the makers' hand visible in your finished product.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191262506975234138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-28948831678966321672013-03-20T13:18:32.040+00:002013-03-20T13:18:32.040+00:00Paul's assertion is that you're not doing ...Paul's assertion is that you're not doing craft if you're using machines (and it's important to distinguish between machines, which do the work without a person, and tools, which people use to do work).<br /><br />The point of craft being that the makers' input is important. Unlike, say, industrial design where you do want the makers' hand visible in your finished product.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191262506975234138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-11783279634427127492013-03-20T10:28:22.376+00:002013-03-20T10:28:22.376+00:00I don't agree with Paul's assertion that i...I don't agree with Paul's assertion that if you use machines you're not working wood. To each his own. Myself, I'm on a hand tool only journey and would like to rid myself of my machines because I build one off projects and I don't really need them. If I was doing this for a living, I wouldn't be using only hand tools for sure.Ralph Boumenothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606484453109932074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-34294348475715431612013-03-20T09:14:58.268+00:002013-03-20T09:14:58.268+00:00Well Megan claimed she was - mind you, it was a lo...Well Megan claimed she was - mind you, it was a lousy attempt at a rant, I thought. But mainly I just didn't change my post title having deleted what turned into my own small rant. Turns out I'm rather more bitter about these things than I'd realised...Alfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369678599909261508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-84263825844492532262013-03-20T02:40:02.972+00:002013-03-20T02:40:02.972+00:00I don't see her ranting from a feminist positi...I don't see her ranting from a feminist position. It seems to be a reaction to "hand tool purism", an evangelical phenomenon we have going on across the pond.Tico Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743565097341810389noreply@blogger.com