The knowledge and experience you gain from those types of projects could pay for itself several times over in the future. Reminds me of when I was getting into

The knowledge and experience you gain from those types of projects could pay for itself several times over in the future. Reminds me of when I was getting into woodworking and my wife wanted a new coffee table. Why would we go buy coffee table when I could build it in a month and have it cost 3 times as much?