While building the mailbox post, I mainly did every cut using just hand tools. The only cuts I made with a power tool were the 30 ° cuts on the main post, the crossbeam, and the halflap cuts. Everything else was done by hand, which did take a bit longer to do it did feel good to be building this mostly by hand. Using the Japanese pull saw was much better and faster than using a regular hand saw.
My question is, would you go about building your future projects with no, or even very few, power tools?