If you dont mind could you define what makes it better? Short of barrels it is by far the worst of the trades by order of magnitudes. Im doing it in hopes of some love further down the line.
When looking at other trades ala bichem, you see that there are some really nice benefits to having that trade skill. Same with Cyber tech. Armor crafting to a lesser degree (BoP armor). I have looked through the crafting dbs and seen nothing that would make someone really want to have this trade over the ability to make mods that go into ever piece of gear or ship upgrades or a speeder or infinite stims.