Hi christoe,

Welcome!

Sounds as though your new hobby is off to a good start, though I'm sorry to hear that expenses are so high in SA. You'll just have to build more homemade tools... Meanwhile, have a look at our Machining category for inspiration.

When you're ready to share some of your own homemade tools, we'd love to see them. Please post them directly in the Homemade Tools subforum. We'll add each one to the database, as well as to your builder page on the site.

Non-tool items should be shared in the Not a Tool, but Homemade subforum.

Ken