my take on the original post...

what i see a lot of is newbies asking for help building X kind of build. when you suggest to them to go talk to a machine shop they run like hell.

most of what i ever learned was from going down to the machine shop and yacking. book knowledge is only gonna get you so far.

i'm not sure if they are afraid of machine shops, or if they think they are rip off artists or something. it would actually be kinda hard to steal someones money and then skip town with a lathe, presses, balancing machine etc in the back of a pickup truck lol.

they are great people i have never got ripped off by one. they know their stuff. maybe i just been lucky.

anyhow /endofmyopinion