When Dakota Watzenburg and Chad Petersen spoke with Cristy Lytal of the Los Angeles Times, their comments managed to highlight a key contribution made by the
pocket hole jig. While neither man actually mentioned that tool, its usefulness became clear during the course of that conversation. The interviewed prop makers began sharing their thoughts concerning their desire to come up with ways for making things more efficiently, using more contemporary methods.
Lytal’s questions also encouraged the two of them to reflect on the seeming contrast between hand crafted and machine made products. Those carpenters agreed that the utilization of devices such as jigs does not take away from the handwork in a piece of furniture. Instead, it allows such items to be made better and less expensively. Such reflections reveal the thinking of men who have designed a chair that was used in a new Hollywood movie, one called Like Crazy.