Karl the part that I find interesting is thinking of the tools they had to work with back then.
You'd be amazed how little has actually changed. The biggest change is from water/slave/animal power to electricity.
Its only very recently that cnc's have come far enough that they can do ornate carvings, otherwise methodology, and tooling has been the same for 500+years.
Glues is another big one. Don't have to cut of the cow or horses hooves to make glue anymore.
