> To make the distinction more clear; if the carpenters goal is to produce chairs they may be inclined to use power tools, if their goal is to work with wood then they might not want to use power tools.

I'd say it's closer to carpenters using CNC machines.

You can be a "successful" carpenter that sells tons of wood projects built entirely using a CNC and not even know how to hold a chisel. But nobody is going to call you a good woodworker. You're just a successful businessman.

For sure, there's gradients, where people use it for the hard parts and manually do what they can. I.e., CNC templates and use those as router guides on their work. People will be impressed by your builds, but Paul Sellers is still going to be more considered more talented.