/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1236990
"why doesnt /diy/ build machine shops"
>do a shitty machinist apprenticeship in Australia
>buy a Taiwanese lathe/mill to work from home
>Drop out three years in and work for myself
>make enough money to rent a factory
>Acquire DSG toolmakers lathe + 3 tonne Stanko Universal Mill at auction
>Stanko Mill a few minor problems & needs rebuilding.
>Travel all the way to Denmark to do Richard kings machine rebuilding Course, Learn heaps and meet fucking amazing machinists like Stefan Gotteswinter, confidence is shattered.
>Become autistic and start working to 0.0001"'s
>spend 10k+ on a 2000mmx1000mm surface plate, Biax power scraper and scraping masters.
>decide to start machine rebuilding club so ausfags can buy cheap old machines and rebuild them.
>the surface plate doesn't arrive for another few weeks but I already have 15-20 older guys interested.
>only 22, all the guys helping me out and interested in the club are in their 50's to late 60's
>tfw no /diy/ friends my age