[lumberjim]

I think they've come down a bit. Pete has a couple. He's offered to do stuff like this and neck profiles for me, and I may take him up some day, but I want to be able to do all the things. And do them well.

There is a divide between luthiers, and the cnc machine is the most common symbol of that dichotomy. The cnc represents the impersonal but perfect result, and the chisel represents the imperfect, but unique result.

I suppose I lean toward the latter. But I'm not staunch by any means. I think you can find artistic expression using a cnc, and I think you can achieve a perfect result with hand tools and time.