Wow Ralph , that is quality craftmanship with a capital Q :bow: :bow: :bow: . Seeing it coming together and the silver solder reminds me of an old friend that makes Roman armour , he has constructed buckles etc with the same methods and as you say , very tricky to solder two parts , then attach more without upsetting what has already been done.
An excellent post , I like the way you can tell from the post you still get a thrill from constructing a tool like this from scratch , I bet time goes out the window once you get going and only your stomach rumbling reminds you its way past lunch time :clap:
I look forward to seeing the next stage , Thanks for posting .
Cheers Mick.
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