WHAT IS A NEANDERTHAL?
Someone so useless as to be incapable of using power tools. They usually end up chopping up their sawhorses and workmates with a skil saw, decide the fault is with the skil saw and pretend to make a virtue of a necessity. Use antique hand planes on unsuitable striped tropical hardwoods when a belt sander would do a much better job in no time at all. See Hand Plane FAQ Disclaimer: This is not an attack on anyone who has ever posted in this newsgroup, whether they have cut up workmates with a skil saw or not. It is also not meant to imply any thing negative about Skil’s or Black & Decker’s fine products, or people who make a virtue of a necessity. The word skil saw was used generically, like kleenex, and could refer to any portable circular saw, including those sold by Sears. Notice that the words Zebrawood or shellac were not used, so it is not meant to refer to any particular individual, but rather generally to people who use hand planes on unsuitable wood. See Disclaimer FAQ.
