Matt, that is the perfect analogy!
An ice cream freezer with a hand crank no fancy electric motor.
Finally both tracks are done!
Total time: 14 hours & 32 minutes.
My time likely would have been about 18 hours without the Zoukei-Mura & GodHand nippers. The sharp point on ZM’s proved superb nipping parts but especially small track pins on assembled tracks. I couldn’t do that with the blunt nose GodHand’s. Nipping the nubs on the guide teeth after cemented to the tracks for me the GodHand’s were invaluable for fine trimming.
None of the links bind or cemented together. In part due to care in assembly but also due to outstanding design. Only two track pins were lost in assembly of 960 parts. Usually, 5 to 15 fly away/tweezer lanch but due to good engineering that just didn’t happen with this track set.
Easily the most amazing injection molded plastic tracks I’ve assembled.
Y. Tomioka Design office deserves major kudos 
for this product.
ModelKasten deserves major kudos for getting the right designer .