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This rings very true! This 1000%:

  Once my wife learned of my plans, the requests for custom pieces started rolling   in.  Knowing that whatever I build has an eager recipient awaiting it is rocket fuel for motivation.

  And since it's my wife asking for it, it's easier to justify buying the tools I "need".

I've grown my tool collection repeatedly this way :)

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Give home renovation a go. Endless tool purchases, all easily justified because hiring out the labour is so expensive!

Exactly. Why purchase a new roof ventilator for 150EUR if you can spend 1000EUR for a small lathe and fix the ventilator that was broken?

But a VW campervan, whole new genre of tools required :D