Most insightful and informative. I can barely cut MDF into a shelf, but am still fascinated by the skills behind the art.
@LukeFRC is right, this ought to be pinned - perhaps there should be a section in the build diaries forum for skills, techniques etc. There are a growing number of highly skilled craftspeople here and I'm sure the budding and newbie self-builders would love an easily accessible set of guides for things like this.