Well... people who 'make' things are called 'geeks' aren't they??
Geek is a derogatory slang used to describe people who are weird and abnormal - geeks go about wasting time making strange things, instead of buying it of-the-shelf, so that they can spend the same time studying hard to score >98% !!
(Sorry- but this is exactly what someone said to me 2 days ago, when his son got interested in Satellite building, after reading this thread)