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Originally Posted by Cathar
I'm now having a little trouble comprehending the reason for the original question then.
You asked "Is it a lost art?"
I answered "No - there's still plenty to do", even for DIY'ers.
...and you respond saying that you're not interested.
I humbly put it to you that the "art" is not lost, but rather your interest in it is.
(Really tried hard to express that it a way that is direct to the point, but not meaning to offend directly - rather just as a point of introspection for you to consider).
[Edit: More independent testing is ALWAYS good though, IMO. Right now it's little more than a one-and-a-half horse show. If that's all that you are willing to offer, then that already alone is priceless]
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What I am saying is there are many less people interested in doing the work to make something custom. Which in turn makes it a lost art if hardly anyone is doing it anymore.
I am not arguing there isn't stuff the DIY CAN do, just saying there are less people that want to be a DIY that WILL do.
What I ment by not interested is I can't build a good water pump, I can't build a good radiator, I already built the best block my tooling will allow, and I have no reason to make a chiller (especially being I don't even water cool a PC anymore). I am not denying I lost interest, just seems to me a lot of the DIY crowd has aswell as there just isn't enough reason to be a DIY'er anymore. The real "art" came from the DIY crowd IMO.
Not sure if that made sense.