I do both. When I want a shrink in a particular spot...especially a deep shrink, I'll do the tuck by hand.
I still have trouble shrinking as deep with the stump/tuck puck as I can get with the tucking forks.
That said, I don't use manual methods much any more. It's not that they don't work as well, or even sometimes easier, than the kick shrinkers or thumbnail machines but my arthritis talks to me if I swing a hammer too much. Getting old is a bitch!
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