I hate making tools rather than models but I know tools is the hobby for many people and enjoy watching other people make them on YouTube. I agree, being able

I hate making tools rather than models but I know tools is the hobby for many people and enjoy watching other people make them on YouTube. I agree, being able to harden steel or anneal copper or cut threads is awesome :) I love having the machines & tools. It's nice to know I can make something, and it's even come in handy for work a few times despite the fact I'm a software developer - brackets or adapters that must be metal and not 3D printed. You will have saved money at some point... perhaps 40 years from now! I'll never recoup what I spent on the machines, but other people spend that much on travel and hobbies (like motorcycles) every couple of years so it's not an outlandishly expensive hobby.