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Mennonites use power tools, and are usually mistaken for the Amish
Some amish sects do use power tools, but not many.
Are you sure he wasn’t Mennonite? Anyhow, it’s possible. The rules do vary by colony and the often make exceptions for paid work.
In certain communities power tools are okay as long as they are not connected to the electrical grid. I believe I read in Fine Woodworking of an amish factory which used every manner of power driven machinery except that the electric motors were replaced with pneumatic motors supplied by a gasoline powered compressor.
The Amish do use some “modern” technology. I know some use bicycles and some very old hand washing machines. If you watch a documentary called “The Devils’ Playground” it goes into a little detail as to why that is.
It’s like the Chainsaw Massacre lol.
I once saw a young Amish girl wearing ‘freaky’ sunglasses.
I don’t know what my point is.
It’s ok for them to rent them. We had some amish timber cutters using rented saws and a rented skid loader.