Exactly Mark, well said. I've seen it from both sides. I've had machinists work on a project for me about 4 years ago and it cost lots of money and for me was no fun and it got scraped. I prefer to do all of my own measuring, cutting, milling, drilling, shaping, grinding, sanding, cursing, throwing something across the warehouse cause you got it wrong myself. My cost in materials is low depending on what I'm working with but each machine gets 8 to 12+ hours of my time making everything and putting it together. I love the satisfaction I get from doing it this way and don't think I'll ever have anyone else do my work for me. I'm also not looking to have a production line, if I were I'd have a machinist make my parts. I prefer one of a kind, one at a time.