Also if you are just learning, the cost of mistakes, buying a new piece of wood, buying cheap shitty wood to do a practice run with, tools you break, etc
And, your time. Everything takes so much more time than you might think, especially when you are inexperienced and you need to stop and think about what you are doing every couple of steps, even if just to double check yourself.
In the end? I think it’s worth it to build and fix things yourself; but if I didn’t have a lifetime of trying and learning at this point, it would certainly feel like an impossible hill to climb. If you have kids, teach them everything you can about it. Self-repair was the first victim of enshittification; if you can’t repair it yourself then you don’t really own it.
Also if you are just learning, the cost of mistakes, buying a new piece of wood, buying cheap shitty wood to do a practice run with, tools you break, etc
And, your time. Everything takes so much more time than you might think, especially when you are inexperienced and you need to stop and think about what you are doing every couple of steps, even if just to double check yourself.
In the end? I think it’s worth it to build and fix things yourself; but if I didn’t have a lifetime of trying and learning at this point, it would certainly feel like an impossible hill to climb. If you have kids, teach them everything you can about it. Self-repair was the first victim of enshittification; if you can’t repair it yourself then you don’t really own it.