I do think we are missing the point here. Of course you can carve out the Statute of David with a sharpened flathead screw driver. It might take you 30 years but you will get there. You will probably finish faster with a good set of chisels or even a CNC doing the initial rough cuts for you.There is no right or wrong approach as long as we will reach the same results at the end. There are solutions that are more suitable for the set of constraints at hand and the variables you want to optimize for. I want to go faster -> Power tools. I want to save money and time is no issue -> hand tools. There are multiple solutions for any specific problem and they are all right (in a sense that they will solve the system in question) however, they are optimized differently based on a certain set of assumptions and constraints.
With that said, I think what concerns our moderators and frankly all of us is the approach and attitude of the contributors specially the senior and most experienced ones. Sometimes, you guys come across – and I am not saying that you are - as if you have a monopoly on the “right way” of doing things. You also come across as offended if someone else brings some food for thoughts as if by doing so, he/she don’t respect and appreciate your opinion. The truth is, as I can see from all the replies I read daily – everyone here knows who is who. New comers who don’t, will figure it out fast enough. In other words, please don’t think your opinion is not valued simply because someone is suggesting another approach or method that worked for him/her. You don’t need to get defensive and assert your authority as an expert. You have already won and earned our respect, long ago; now it your time to be the mentor and the guide who encourage and motivate. We look up to you guys but this doesn’t mean that you look down on us.
