Slow but steady progress.

I've got the swing arm to collect tomorrow thanks to my little scouse mate Grav, he's a bloody star.
I've still got to sort a wheel and spindle but i'm expecting to hear back from a few folk in the next few days with a bit of luck. All i need to do now is translate all the pictures of things in my head into a set of plans we can use and draw up a cutting list from.

I've asked a mate to get me a price for the bottom rails and as soon as that arrives we'll start to mock it up to see if one or two ideas will work before we finally weld it all up. Lots to do but the rest of my life to do it in.







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