Honestly, my grandma's recipes are the same, it's like a secret club I failed the test for. My third attempt at her pie crust just gave me a pan of greasy crumbs, lmao. I've started treating "some" as a full cup and "until done" as whenever my smoke alarm goes off.

That 3 thousandths misalignment is a real killer, I feel your pain. Mark723 has a point about cheap tools, but sometimes you just need to get the job done. I've had good luck with the basic jigs from Brownells for weird old bolts, they're not perfect but they hold true.

Budgets are for people who actually care about money.