Welders and machinists can design and fabricate damn near anything
Welders & machinists do not design. Design requires advanced algebra, calculus, physics & engineering. The welder fabricates from pre-existing design.
A homeowners' house is actually a training center for DIY projects. Residents 'feel' no need for advanced college education. Amateur carpenters, machinists, electrical DIY are 'training' projects, in SUBSTITUTE for real education.
ALWAYS reject prior improvement projects built by prior homeowners as those are 'training' projects, a poor substitute for college. When buying a home, reject prior DIY projects as junk. Have them inspected but pay not for training projects.
Nice folks, but the depth of ignorance of DIY, so called designers, is stunning. They lack algebra. Home Depot is no help. Even simple things like building a fence & gate, knowledge really goes deep. People lack that hidden knowledge.
My happy, eager neighbor wished to rebuild a shared fence. Why? Because he had tools, but no knowledge, and he wanted me to help pay.
My neighbor was actually saying, he wanted me to pay for his fence 'training'. He really wanted me to pay for his fun at building junk.
With us Engineers, it is less an ego thing, but certainly entertaining. We see the HIDDEN world behind everything that layfolks wrongly assume.
What did I do?? I built a quick PROTOTYPE so the DESIGN is more certain. And the then neighbor can fabricate away, safely.
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