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Why would anyone in the 21st-century be interested in using a dull, old fashioned piece of woodworking kit, like a scratch-stock?
As some of my students say, if it hasn’t got a plug on it, complex electronics controlling a mighty motor, or something tungsten tipped hanging out of it, it’s not going to be anywhere near exciting enough to use.
Well, if students knew everything they wouldn’t be students would they?
