I was a pretty big fan of them when I was a teenager. Saw them live a couple of times. They were actually what prompted my eventual radicalization.
One of them (not the rapist; ugh... what a huge fucking disappointment that was) lived just a few houses away from us for a few years. I never built up the courage to approach him, though.
Edit: just read the article the other commenter posted. Didn't realize the rest of the band was (probably) a problem too. It's a bummer, but I can't really say I'm surprised.
Well, firstly, there's the artistry of it. Creativity can be very sexy; it's a kind of intelligence, after all. Hence writing, cooking, painting, ect. also being on the list. Not to mention, wood is a beautiful medium overall... and it smells nice when freshley cut.
Secondly, it's attractive to be good with your hands. Not just because of the obvious, but because it's genuinely admirable. It's a show of competence (or at least one kind of competence) and requires one to be hard-working, dedicated, passionate, and persevering. All pretty universally attractive traits.
A carpenter's hands may be rough and scarred, but they're rough and scarred because they've literally crafted furniture/boats/houses/whatever. That in itself is pretty attractive to me.
Personally, hand tools, because they require one to use more of their own power, if that makes sense. Plus, power tools are a little too dangerous for me to see them in a sexy context lol. Frankly, the tools themselves don't really do much for me.
Edit: two words