05/21/2026
MYTH OR FACT: Better tools make you a better woodworker (Pt. 1)
The Egyptians built the pyramids with ropes and chisels.
So no — the $4,000 saw didn't make you a better woodworker.
We've been timber framing for years. For the longest time it was basic hand tools and a set of chisels — mortises, dovetails, the whole thing, cut by hand.
Then we got the band saws. The beam saws. All the fancy stuff. We own every bit of it now.
And here's the honest truth: it didn't make our product one bit better. It just made it faster.
Same mortise. Same dovetail. Same quality. The tools didn't do that — the hands did.
Better gear buys you speed and ease. It doesn't buy you skill. That part you still have to earn.
What's a tool you bought thinking it'd level you up… and it just collected dust? 👇