Same for me. I got a 3D printer and was more interested in downloading files than creating my own. But when I got into FreeCAD it opened a world of customisation.

It took me a long time to learn and I’m still learning, like ensuring I’m constraining in a way which allows resizing later on in the design.

Thank you for the very detailed reply. I’m in the UK and we do have RON95. I was asking because I have a '89 Ford Escort in my garage which I haven’t fired up in about 2 years. While it did have carbs I’ve done an engine swap and now it runs EFI.

Let’s say it is over a year old, what would happen if it’s used in a car?

I should watch Real Steel again.

Yes agree. I go for the lead-free solder. I know people say it’s not as good but I’ve not had problems with it.

Soldering. You don’t need a huge amount of space. A desk and a box to keep stuff in. You can buy reference kits which allows you to build your own devices like headphones amplifiers. The reference kit should come with instructions and the PBC board will show which components go where. Kind of like painting with numbers.

Once your confident with it then it’s also useful. Replace bad caps on monitors, motherboards, anything really.

I need to learn blender. I got into 3D printers and learnt FreeCAD for parts. It’s very good and easy to use but it lacks complex modelling and I think it runs on one thread only.