Once you buy about 8 grand worth of tools, and build some sort of shop, and build up a parts/material stockpile...you can get it down to about 2X the cost of new! Until you break a tool....
I build my own stuff because I enjoy designing things the way I want them, to do a job I have in mind, and executing the idea the way I want. If you don't love doing it, or have an original idea, there is no point doing it. The days of saving a bunch of money are all but gone.
Being able to fix your own stuff is a big bonus though.
Once you buy about 8 grand worth of tools, and build some sort of shop, and build up a parts/material stockpile...you can get it down to about 2X the cost of new! Until you break a tool....
I build my own stuff because I enjoy designing things the way I want them, to do a job I have in mind, and executing the idea the way I want. If you don't love doing it, or have an original idea, there is no point doing it. The days of saving a bunch of money are all but gone.
Being able to fix your own stuff is a big bonus though.
I like doing my own as well. I like the challenge and getting to be creative. The end price is about the same factor as what we have in a pound of venison
That can be very true, until the word "custom" come into play. Then it's often cheaper to do it your self (if you've already got the equipment) than to pay someone else to custom build it for ya.
Where you really recoup the funds are when you "Custom" build for other people.
Nowadays it’s more about finding someone that will do it the way I want it done when I want it done. Can be found, but in my experience, it ain’t cheap. May as well buy the tools and do it yourself.
Once you buy about 8 grand worth of tools, and build some sort of shop, and build up a parts/material stockpile...you can get it down to about 2X the cost of new! Until you break a tool....
I build my own stuff because I enjoy designing things the way I want them, to do a job I have in mind, and executing the idea the way I want. If you don't love doing it, or have an original idea, there is no point doing it. The days of saving a bunch of money are all but gone.
Being able to fix your own stuff is a big bonus though.
ain't that the truth. I tell ya, how some of these people build things, you'd think they're trying to make money or something on them.
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