i'll bet you if you had the demand for your guitars that they do.you'd be a CNC covert also besides i'm sure most of them have a long history of "hand carving" before they said to themselves " what am i knocking myself out for" ..there an easier and better way to do this..
other then self -gratification for the luthier there's no difference between the hand carving and CNCing...absolutly none at all..
don't get me wrong I fully appreciate the skill it takes to do it the old way
i quess what i'm trying to get across is that the term "handmade" or "Hand carved" is the most abused term in the guitar making business these days .if your using any kind of power tool ...bandsaw, planer, jointer or whatever..your using a power machine to do the work exactly like what a CNC does..unless your using nothing but a hand saw, hand planes , hand sanding (no electric ones allowed ) a chisel and hammer for all routing and spokeshaves for all carving on ..then you can claim it's truly hand made
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Amen, preach it brother