The Hand Tool School

I was busy with visitors at the hand tool school today and demonstrated hand tool woodworking for many people interested in traditional woodworking and conservation craft.  From hand cut dovetails to dovetails techniques and discussions on how we can encourage crafts training in young people I found people were truly keen to know the inner workings of  hand craft work and were determined it should not die but be passed on. Just why do people feel so strongly that craft work and hand skill should not die? Anybody!