Back in my days as a poor art student whenever we had a project to work on my friends and I would automatically start checking wastebaskets and Dumpsters for things to use as materials, and many times making your own custom tools for the job was a given. When we had the cash we’d hit up thrift stores and junkyards for the really good stuff.
If a poor craftsperson blames their tools, I guess a good one makes better tools.
