Reply by Cato

+1 on David Craig’s comments.

I was at a very frustrating level with anything more than but also including 2x work around the house because I couldn’t produce a flat square board to work with.

Thanks to the bad influence of my fellow lumberjocks I discovered that a jointer and planer and a good fence on my tablesaw this could be acheived!!

Projects improved as well as confidence, and I still marvel when I mill rough wood into nice flat and square dimensioned boards.

I do love power equipment, and I am not good with hand planes yet, but many of these guys are and can do what I do on my power equipment with hand tools, just takes longer.

I still make a lot of mistakes, but I think a lot of us still do, but how you figure out a recovery and still complete the project is all part of it.