Hey Robert,
I have read almost everything too 
But it’s not always easy to guess, however during the exchange I often try to find out who does what or sometimes people start to tell about it. It is very interesting to hear what people do.
I had a larger workshop longer time ago, but in the last years I was busy in a way that means a lot of work at the screen. In my woodworking shop I have worked for twenty years without any power tools, only hand tools, with very traditional (not to say ancient) methods. But now I have bought some things, including the CNC and hope to have a larger workshop again this year. Here is a picture of one of my jointers I put a smoothing plane next to it so you can see the size:
Image 1:
Top: ECE Nr. 101 S Jointing plane with chipbreaker, European beech body, European hornbeam sole, 23 5/8" body length, 2 3/8" cutter width, 45° cutting angle
Bottom: ECE Nr. 103 Smoothing plane with chipbreaker, European beech body, European hornbeam sole, 9 1/2" body length, 1 3/4" cutter width, 45° cutting angle
These planes are still made in Germany in the traditional way, since 170 years. However most of the planes I own come from Canada