ORIGINAL: MinnFlyer
As a former machininst I can tell you that anyone with a metal lathe would rather DIE than buy a $2 item that he can make for under $30
that's the truth! I find myself working on a "project" for 3 days that i could just buy for $10 at any hardware or hobby store. the wife thinks it's funny... well at least until i make her something that you can't really buy anywhere. then the jokes stop. But i think you could call this the fabricators disease or Jesse James syndrome or something like that.