Low Tech?

There has been a trend in woodworking of going back to hand powered equipment and hand tools. Me personally I am all for hand tools (tools that are not powered by electricity) like hand planes, chisels, and hand saws.  (The idea of having to call something a hand saw vs just a saw always brings me back to Alexander Calder's Mobiles and Stables.) But some people go a bit crazy into this way of working including using hand powered table saws as seen at right. With the hand powered mini-lathe in the back of the photo.