It's the 'doing ' that matters. I can't count the projects I have done just to prove something to myself or for amusement, etc. Many of them I put in $1000 worth of work into and in the end had something worth $200 in the market place. For example, rework of a H&R 922 to a 'SAA' look, shape of grip, ejector tube, loading gate etc, plus engraving it, then nickel plate. It didn't have to please anyone else. See another project of mine: