Watching this happen is killing me. I realize that this is something I have no skill at. I joke that anything more complex than a set of kitchen tongs would be impossible for me to fix, but it's a lie. In fact, I tend to be very skilled at figuring out mechanical devices. My mind has no problem looking at levers, springs, and gears and comprehending how they all mesh together.
However, I have 0 knowledge on anything to do with building items from raw stock, be it wood, metal, plastic, or pure unobtanium. And it's bothering me that this is the case.
I think that maybe it's time to look into fixing this hole in my life. I'm a smart guy, but I have to admit the truth – I'm 38, meaning that my age is going to start being an issue in the programming world. I still love my job, enjoy banging on the computer trying to get it to do what I want it to do rather than what I just told it to, and am fairly secure in my job now. But that will change at some point, and it would be a good idea to start learning other skills that I could use should it come down to it.
So, for any of my readers out there, what would you think should be a good course of action to start learning the skills necessary to build my own pistol? The pistol is only a 'goal to achieve' insofar as it gives me something to focus on, but really I'd like to be able to understand how to build things. What are the base requirements for even wanting to get there eventually?