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Tinkerer (Noun)

A person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts.

Nouns denoting people.

My grandfather was a tinkerer who spent most of his retirement in the garage, restoring old cars and engines.
As a child, I loved watching the tinkerer who ran the local repair shop, fascinated by the way he could fix anything with a few tools and some scraps.
The inventor's background as a tinkerer served her well, as she was able to cobble together a working prototype using parts from old appliances.
He was a bit of a tinkerer, always taking apart and reassembling his gadgets to see how they worked.
In his free time, the engineer enjoyed being a tinkerer, experimenting with new designs and materials in his home workshop.