My dad and my husband, working together, can make or mend near about anything. They refuse to quit until they have whatever it is working the way they want. Some of the stuff they come up with looks pretty weird (like my father's squirrel-proof bird feeder or my husband's cowboy gun cart) but it all works!
It's a great attitude.
And their contraptions (LOL) could help others in need if they could package and market them. ;-) You should see some of the welded messes some of my family members have come up with. They’re...um...embarrassing. ;-)