And a literary source of inspiration to get into that mindset is Nevil Shute's Trustee from the Toolroom -- "well loved by tool lovers, especially engineers and model engineers, for its reverent treatment of machinery, tools, and craftsmanship", according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustee_from_the_Toolroom#Majo...

Sure spoke that way to me, as I read it back when... Uh, when it was about a third as old as it is now.