Alan Smithee wrote:
Woodworking it's:

...not what you take, it's what you leave.

I don't know about that. I take a lot from woodworking. It's my hobby
that I relax with.

As far as what I "leave", in terms of finished product, after paying
for all that wood and considering all the time I put into it, I think
it would be more economical to just buy the piece. If I didn't enjoy
woodworking, I wouldn't do it. I'm not in this hobby to create
something that my great great great grandson will bring to the Antiques
Roadshow in 200 years. (I'm sure my family will dump all the stuff I
made long before that LOL)