[EricH]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...438#post658438
(Yes, it's a joke.)

What kind of budget/space do you have for tools? You have the large machines (mills and lathes and similar items) that are easily a few thousand dollars (with the tools that allow them to cut metal) and take up a lot of space, the medium machines (drill presses, sanders, grinders, bandsaws) that are slightly cheaper and take up less space, or even fit on a table, and the hand machines (power drills, jigsaws, chopsaws, and hand tools) that you can pick up for a couple hundred or less at your local hardware store.

There are a lot of options out there; you have to know what you can afford and store.