There's an entire books series on this concept, the "Gingery" books where the first in the series is setting up a foundry for casting, while the second is makin

There's an entire books series on this concept, the "Gingery" books where the first in the series is setting up a foundry for casting, while the second is making a lathe from investment castings because a lathe is the only tool in a workshop which can duplicate itself. https://gingerybookstore.com/ https://gingerybookstore.com/ the balance of the books are making the other tools in a machine shop. Had the second book once upon a time, and will eventually get the entire set.