Rich,
I think your idea got us talking about some important points, whether we agree with a standard template or not.
I think Jim summed it up perfectly with "...is to be courtious and stay in the spirit of the conversation." As several others have mentioned, the value of the review is to get a peek into one woodworker's experience with the tool (or process...I just got hooked on Scary Sharp!) I think we would quell 90% of the tension, if we all agreed to honor the word "Review." I think that we can all agree that the spirit of the word "Review" is share an experience with a specific tool...which, if you think about, is a very generous thing to do. If someone would like to conduct a comparison, then they should make that the premise of the thread. That said, refering back to the "spirit of the conversation", it would be a comparison of TOOLS, not one man/woman's intelligence to another's, size of bank accounts, choice of profession, etc...
I, for one, am interested in seeing more reviews. Keep 'em coming, because I can't afford to buy all these tools myself! I especially like pictures of the set-up, and all the clever adjustments and tips that make these tools more flexible and usable for us.
Pete
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