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"However remember:  you can learn the rules of the game in an afternoon but it takes a lifetime to learn to play well."

Yeah, yeah, whatever.     

All four of my sons learned to play chess in their school's competitive chess club.  They quickly got way to good for the old man to hold his own, I guess I was too busy puzzling out drawings and CAD models at work to spend much time learning to play well.

Did you drill the holes using a rotary table, or by x-y movements on a mill?  Either way, excellent work! 

Agree with Propforward, it needs more Goth.  Maybe some black eyeliner? 

Neat!  But...darn, I'm off across the pond all of next month, part of the time asea, so will miss most of this one.  Look forward to catching up on my return!  Have fun, Chris! 

Ah damn.  I only knew him from his posts on this forum, but enjoyed his humor.  I guess it's the curse of aging, you meet a lot of nice folks, but realize we are all going sooner or later.  Reminder to tell our loved ones how we feel about them.  But I'll be danged if I'm going to clean up my workbench.