Hey David,
I have only been doing this for six months, and I did the same thing you are about trying to save everywhere I could to get started. I too built my own oven out of an old cappuccino machine thrown out by a convenience store. Works great...sorry...getting of topic. I finally just decided to buy the ATP from brownells and I'm super happy with it. It works great.
I know exactly what you mean about the nickels and dimes adding up. It's crazy how fast it all adds up. Hope you get those "home brews" figured out. I'll be checking back, if there's a good one I may give a it a shot too.
Best of luck.
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