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Before modern tools

2009-11-05 / Opinion

By Ralph Bowersox Clarion
The tools that people used to build with were a claw hammer, a handsaw and a hatchet. Now we have circular saws, jigsaws, table saws, reciprocating saws, and battery powered screw drivers. We use more screws than nails these days. Back years ago, you cut down trees with a two-man crosscut saw. Now you use a gas chainsaw.

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