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This seems to me like an argument against power screw drivers, just because someone has one doesn't make them a carpenter or make carpentry easy for them. But w

This seems to me like an argument against power screw drivers, just because someone has one doesn't make them a carpenter or make carpentry easy for them. But would a skilled carpenter be better of saving their cognitive resources by offloading things to automation or tools, yes a hundred times.

vorpalhex 3y ago
Power screwdrivers are actually bad tools to use - they strip screws, add wobble and are too imprecise. They're fast but oh what hell they leave behind.
- adastra22 3y ago
  The really good ones have torque limiters.
  - vorpalhex 3y ago
    And now that you are $200 into a tool, do you know the max torque value of the $0.02 screw you bought?
    - lfowles 3y ago
      Empirical observation of $0.10 worth of screws
- vinaypai 3y ago
  Power screwdrivers in the hands of incompetent users who don't know how to set the clutch are bad. But hey, let's blame the tools.