thats what always gets me about my job, all the original work done by hand, no electric planers, radial armsaws, sanders etc. imagine finishing a ballroom floor with a hand plane, diagonaly one way, then again the other way and then finished with a finishing plane, all on your hands and knees for days. proper hard work. back then, a journeyman would have earnt his respect and it would be well deserved. nowadays a joiner isnt really classed as an aspirational career, cos people just hop down to ikea.