What I find interesting in the machining enthusiasts forums is the vast number of projects that involve tool rebuilding and attachments fabrication/acquisition.
More so than actually making other things.
Quite a hobby, huh?
Indeed. We buy the machines so we can make tools and parts to use the machines we bought to make tools and part. Downright Freudian.
To be fair tho after making a few things that qualify as the foregoing, I mostly make stuff for my models now. I've even made a few pins and bushings and such on the big lathe out in the garage and actually FIXED a couple of things. Don't hate me...