What shall I make with all my tools? I shall make another tool!
Familiar impulse among software engineers.
Familiar impulse among software engineers.
I have finally set a personal rule: at least 50% of my time must be spend working on the projects I'm interested in, and not the workspace. If I make/buy a tool for a specific project that is okay, but only if I use it on the project - until it is used for that project it counts against the general budget.
The mallet has shifted to be my current project because I need to source more materials for my workbench made of secondhand 2x4s.
The project where I actually make an end product is depending on the workbench, because building an instrument on my current crappy workbench sounds torturous.
Can't say I'm unhappy about any of this, though :)
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Zach Freedman's quote lamenting the same thing in the 3D printing world.