My wife calls this most enjoyable process making a "$500 gun out of $1000 worth of parts, materials, phone calls, and gasoline." (Notice she considers my labor to be of insignificant value. Married 44 years.....)

Of course you guys would have to adjust those numbers somewhat (i.e. a lot). And the final product would be worth a heck of a lot more, no matter how you reckon worth! Serious "value added".

I love seeing these projects come together.