Yeah... I recently built my first drone.
I wanted to kill a rat in my garden, so I borrowed my parents' air rifle. but the scope was too tiny to be any use at night, so I bought an air rifle with a bigger scope. but that rifle sucked and an internal part broke, so I bought a proper one. but I still have the crappy one and want to tinker with it, so I printed some replacement parts. but I want to make proper replacement parts that will withstand impact abuse, so I need to turn them on a lathe. but my lathe is just a wood lathe, so I designed and printed a four jaw chuck. but it's not any good for parts requiring more than one setup, so I bought a cheap real 3 jaw chuck. but it didn't come with the adapter plate to mount to my spindle, so I tried to buy one. but there doesn't seem to be any suitable adapter plate for sale that will fit both my chuck and my spindle (there's one that is close, but would require machining to make it fit - machining that I can't do without a lathe), so I decided I'll just drill mount holes through my existing faceplate. but that faceplate isn't true with the shaft, so if I want to mount my chuck on it and have it be useful then I need to turn it true. but I don't have carbide tools for metal lathing, so I needed to buy some. and I need to locate the holes that I need to drill to mount the chuck, so I drew up and am printing an template. and that's where I'm at right now, waiting for that to finish printing, so I can center punch the bolt holes.
so that I can mount a chuck, to turn a replacement part for an air rifle that isn't even 'the good one', to shoot a rat that is digging in my garden and making holes in my yard that'll twist my ankle eventually
hobbies huh.
If you are looking for an endless money pit, take up the guitar.
I have had a guitar for a few years and I haven't spent a dime since buying it. Haven't even broken any strings yet, which I already have 3 packs of replacements for because I thought they broke more often so I bought 4 packs when I got the guitar.
My hobby costs nothing after that initial ten years and a total of $10k investment in classes & equipment. Now with my own gear I can do it anytime, anywhere in favorable weather plus expending a shit-ton of physical exertion.
I have below beginner level astrophotography gear, and I've still spent over $500 on it. A proper tracking mount costs somewhere in the ballpark of $1,000, and that's just the mount. Granted I'm happy with the OTAs I have, so I'm probably not buying a new scope for a while
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