First wood cut

Although I had limited time I started with preparing the parts for the strongback. For someone from the metric civilization converting all those different feet and inches to mm is a pain in the you know what.  Especially if you are butting to get the right length of base and vertical without interfering with station positions.

In the end I must have made an conversion / calculus error because my base is not long enough. That is the right moment to stop as we having dinner tonight with my youngest daughter in Amsterdam for her coming birthday.  Tomorrow I will sort out the cause and the corrective action to be able to go to South Africa Friday with a clear consience......