Let me tell you the real difference. A CNC guy is working to pump out volume, therefore he never holds each piece of wood... when I spin a plug... if I pick up a blank that feels light... I toss it aside and make a popper or a pencil out of it... if it feels heavy.. I toss it aside and make something that dives a bit etc. Also... little things are over-looked like flushing the weight holes off perfectly (no mine aren't always perfect either
) Then we come to paint.. no custom colors, no attention to detail... just a coat of white a coat of pink... white... green.... white black. High volume and custom aren't the same... hell a lot of it is outsourced to the phillipines! I'm not knocking the high volume guys for doing what they have to do to meet their demands... I'm SOOOO glad I don;t have those demands, I do this because I love to do it, and if it became a REAL job, It'd probably ruin building for me and maybe even (gulp!) fishing! It's one of those whatever floats your boat deals... some guys love the competition of making more than Habs or Better than Beachmaster, I get a kick out of hearing about good fish taken on a plug I made and what little money I earn goes toward my student loans or more likely eels
. Those are the diff's I see...
-Dave