If someone comes into the workshop and takes all the tools (hello Donald) then having a cocktail glass to hand might be a bit of a lucky break.

(geddit?)

More like, a highly-skilled carpenter can work miracles with a $6 hammer from the hardware store, while the pros on the commercial crew are using fancy compressed-air tools.

The carpenter has to get up close and personal with the wood. He can't match the crew's throughput, but maybe that's not what he's trying to do.