I work in the manufacturing industry running CNC equipment and am trained as a manual machinist and I have to disagree. CNC equipment takes very little skill to operate, only knowledge. Anyone can be taught how to run a CNC, but manually doing things takes a feel that not all people have, similar to how some people can draw and others can't.

I hate seeing people use complicated but easy to use tools to make simple items, where using hand tools and a little manual labor would result in the same end product, but with more value.

That being said, great instructable!