mining has lots of broken things

[Nautilus]

Making pods in mining is genuinely an unfun experience, especially if there isn't any quartermaster available to help. You can put in a good effort in getting Molitz, Mauxite, Pharosium and all the other shiney metals for your slightly decked out pod but you need to make several trips to the station when it comes down to building it, since unlike any other manufacturer on the station you cannot make Wire with the Pharosium, you can't make Glass with the Molitz and there is absolutely no toolbox on the mining station.

Sure, let the miner go out of mining and grab themselves something to make the pod with such as a toolbox, but when they already put the effort in to getting the materials for it just toss them a bone and let them manufacture building material.