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Jim wrote on Mon, Feb 10, 2003 01:38 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Thanks for the inspiration, David. And to Brian Lippincott as well. I built two for Christmas (on request) and got rave reviews! I'm working on the third. I used Brian's suggestion of plexiglass boards. The first set was blue w/black for the base and I had the squares sandblasted into it. For the second I went with smoked plexiglass and spray painted the patterns on the undersides. I went with Pentel pen barrels (similar to David's choice of Bics). I paid a premium for the materials and had to have all the cutting, drilling, edge buffing, and sandblasting work done for me at premium labor rates, so I had nearly $150 in the first one! For the second one I bought odd-lot materials and lots extra and had it all cut once they had the set-ups. I just put the pics of it on eBay and will put a third together if it sells! Thanks again! Anyone interested can contact me at cog777@hotmail.com.