Pictures

The fine finish with a sanding cylinder

Drilling the weight reducing holes

Drilling the tube hole - very accurately!

The polished entrance hole of the tube

Partly machined

Punching the felt disk

Milling the grips of the drag knob on the milling machine

Drilling the guide ring hole

Fitting the tubes

The old and the new model

Aluminum model

Ready for making the stitching holes

Carbon fiber sheet material

Reinforced plastic model

Reinforced plastic and aluminum rough cut

Use of a diamond cutter

Thread and needles

Finished leather case with my logo

A nice stand for some nice bobbinholders

All the parts without the guide ring

Drag knobs and the hard rubber disk

Top part of the wooden stand

The complete stand

Making the stitching holes with a stitching chisel

Since you got this far …

A money box
The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

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Long story longer

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See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.