Making a float-making lathe.

Made some other form of traditional fishing tackle.
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A masterpiece!! WM+ Thanks for sharing the process.
Given your skills I'd really like to see a folding spreader block.

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amazing machine, I am in awe :drool:

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I'll take it. Did we settle on £10.
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absolutley brilliant William,thank you

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Jaw droppingly brilliant in every respect and respect my dear Sir is what you justly deserve :Hat:
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Sir words simply fail me!
I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.

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Quite, quite, wonderful, wm+, workmanship and creativity of the highest order. I'm reading this at 10 pm on Christmas Eve, and it's just as though my present arrived a couple of hours early! Very best wishes to you and yours.

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I thoroughly enjoyed reading that WM. What a piece of engineering....Fabulous. :Hat:

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Words fail me WM+. That is a truly remarkable and beautiful device. You are an artisan of the highest order. :Hat:
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Simply, it has been a privilege to be allowed to see each step in the process. Thank you, Sir.
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