Stephen Kirk in Quakertown PA
>I recently read Adam's article on flattening, squaring and trueing up boards in the latest PWW. I thought it was a very refreshing article in that being absolutely flat and square on every piece of a project is not always necessary. Coming from a power tool world, it seems that a lot of woodworkers are obsessed with accuracy on every facet of a project (especially when we can measure flatness to within 1/1000 of an inch). Some of my first classes stressed the accuracy as well, and I found it a daunting task to reach that accuracy when I wasn't using a cabinet shops high end machinery. And then I see Adam's article describing how old shops didn't always work to a tight accuracy but instead did it where necessary, on joints, mating surfaces, etc.

I wont say too much more about the article since Adam did write it and all and PWW published it. I just wanted to say I was happy to see the new perspective (well, alright, really and old perspective brought back to the light of day), and wondered if anyone else had read the article and had thoughts around how they work with hand tools.