Guess I'll be the odd man out. An electric toothbrush, in a gun, sometimes will clean nooks and crannies where there's no room to scrub with a "manual" brush.
I've cleaned a lot of guns over many decades. If there's a way to do a better job, I'll listen to the idea before I'll put others down for it. I didn't say an easier job. I said a better job.
In the trades, I use power tools often. Guess I'm just lazy. I use power equipment on my yard, too. My neighbors make fun of my yard equipment. But of course, most of my neighbors don't mow at all.
My Dad worked in a lumber yard and was a gifted carpenter and cabinet maker. He would often take on jobs for extra money, and long into the night I remember him sawing and tinkering in the basement. He cut everything by hand, and drilled everything by hand. He used planes extensively. This was in the early fifties, and I remember when he bought his first electric drill and circular saw. Didn't make his work any easier, but it did allow him to produce more projects. I imagine the old guys laughed at him too for using power tools.
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