The plan, or at least, what I had been calling a plan, pretty much had ended here: the three metal parts had been designed and cut, with great thanks to the water-jet friend.  They fit together, but really weren't a machine, yet- rough and already rusty, it was time to figure out how to make this thing go.

Under the jump is the full story. I generally don't like jumps, but I figure it would be best not to completely bump my boss off the front page of his own site.

(image: Espie eyes up the cam follower)