[Yahnozha]

The weather finally let up enought for me to do some measuring on this beast...the over all height of the bracket looks good at 1-1/4" tall. I have to eliminate the angled bracket due to the lack of room, so Im going back to the origional idea (thanks P10DET).

I have made the ring and bracket all one piece as before, still going with the "heim joint" bar attachment method. I think I can eliminate the elongated holes for alingment purposes but need to make the bases and install them first to get the appropriate location for the mounting locations (I hope I made sense with that)

At this point, I guess I could make this all one piece, but man it would be too cool to cover up those holes...the sacrfice for design..maybe just a superficial plate that screws down just for looks...but if I did that the way pimp 20' bevel around the circumference of the base plate might have to be sacrificed...uuuggghh...the humanity.

The crossbar might have to be slightly bent to clear the engine, but I will know that for sure when the prototypes are built...speaking of, an air solenoid switch went out on my machining center today. Pissed me off, $320 + Next Day Shipping to get me up and running again, at least it wasnt the $1500 X axis motor this time...whew..

Once again, let me know what you think. The design is coming along nicely, and I want to thank all of you for helping out, and sorry for the long post.

Much Regards,
Pat