HTME on Youtube also goes into the process of making seemingly simple things and the time and effort it takes:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfIqCzQJXvYj9ssCoHq327g
One of the more famous videos is where it takes them ~$1500 and 6 months to make a chicken sandwich and they still used a lot of equipment that they didn't make themselves.
Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?
by michaelt on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @08:57AM
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it takes them ~$1500 and 6 months
to make a chicken sandwich
Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?
by joefourier on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @09:49AM
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It does seem to be a rather meaningless exercise and depends on what you start with. If you have a back garden or a tiny plot of land, you can easily grow the required ingredients and raise the chicken for far less than $1500, although the wheat will take that amount of time to grow. If you start with absolutely nothing and insist on farming wheat in the middle of San Francisco, it can certainly cost far more than $1500 to get your chicken sandwich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ODzO7Lz_pw
https://www.amazon.com/Toaster-Project-Attempt-Electric-Appl...
He attempted to build the basic components of a toaster from scratch. Smelting metal, molding plastic, etc. The book is a tough recommendation because he sortof gives up on the later parts and limps to a finish, but overall its a fascinating look at how difficult these processes are if you build them up from scratch.