Ah Eric
I would be ashamed too show just how basic my machining and fabrication skills are,
in fact most of my stuff involves very little machining just the combining of odds and sods
to see if it can work/be done

sometimes it works mostly not.
I love to re-purpose things, being on excellent terms with my local scrappy helps.
Having said that perhaps some photos in a little while could be in order just to explain myself.
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