@DylanSquires You’ve got some great points and you phrased them very well. If you don’t mind, I’d like to use some of them in the video if I make it.
It’s not necessarily about proving anybody right or wrong, it’s about showing that the CNC is just another tool requiring a different skill set instead of being a replacement for people. I think that’s the biggest fear, that their “handmade” work can be easily replaced with something fancier that a keyboard jockey drew up by dragging and dropping squares and circles on a virtual chalkboard. That’s why I’ve always tried to include woodworking tools in my CNC project videos.
To be honest, I never really thought there would be a way to help with the arguing until I read a forum thread on here a few weeks ago by @DarrylKegg, The machine does all the work. By letting his friend try and fail numerous times on his machine, his friend was able to convince himself that the CNC wasn’t a simple replacement for woodworking. Obviously we can’t invite all the “haters” into our workshops, but getting them to take the first step while we take the second step would be a great start.