Yeah, like the Hypocritical oath says, "First do no harm." I don't see Sellers
as doing any harm. I think he probably does some good. So I have no bone to pick
with him.

Many people find that they can turn a phrase that will turn a dollar, and they
go for it. I have no problem with that either. I am not afraid that these people
will mess the minds of the unsuspecting. I used to BE unsuspecting.


On Apr 25, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Tony Zaffuto  wrote:

> Interesting thread!  Paul Sellers would fit right in here!
> 
> Several years ago, SWMBO bought me his DVD series.  Though I am already
familiar with many of his topics, it is an excellent source/resource foe seeing
techniques.  The DVD was made a few years before he gained his notoriety
regarding his tool suggestions and in the DVD he uses the very tools he speaks
of.
> 
> I recently completed a baby changing table and in rethinking the project, the
most enjoyable tools used were those either given to me by my father, or
gathered up by me when he passed.  Those included Stanley trammels, a 60-1/2
block plane and a no-name crosscut.  Not valuable except in a sentimental way,
but very workman like!  Of these, the trammels more than anything gave me the
ability to do a layout very accurately that would have been botched by
measuring.  The trammels represent best what Sellers is:  a traditionally
trained woodworker that knows tools and knows/teaches techniques that are fading
with years.  My LN & LV tools are nice, but my Bedrocks and Baileys give nearly
the same results.  Taking time to set them up (as LV & LN are supplied) and
results are the same.  There is no modern saw that is the equivalent of my
Disston #16.  No modern chisel is the equal of the Mathison, or Bergs, etc.,
that I've picked up through the years.
> 
> Sellers is a woodworking personality whether he like it or not and many accept
his word in the same manner as many of the talking heads.  Whether you agree or
disagree with him (I agree), they all are helping our hobby/professions.