Speaking to your analogy, rather than the original point: We use a bread machine because you can set it and forget it, and come back three hours later to dough

Speaking to your analogy, rather than the original point: We use a bread machine because you can set it and forget it, and come back three hours later to dough that is ready to finish. I suppose the analogy in woodworking is someone who's good enough to make a dovetailed drawer, but not consistent enough to make 11 of them the same. :) Come to think of it, that's me too.