[MrB (Simon)]

Progress so far.
Well the weekend wasn't as much mine as I had thought.

Saturday:
After a cruisey morning, a friend dropped in and asked me to do some machining for him, three or four hours gone.
A few other people dropped in for a visit thru the day so more time lost.
I did get the drilling done in the top and bottom plates tho.
This forced a reversion back to the M16 thread.
While stepping the holes up in size on my milling maching, I discovered I don't have a 20mm drill or end mill. Drat, could've sworn I had one!
Anyway, did have a 16mm drill.

Photo 1: Materials.
Photo 2: Sizing her up.
Photo 3: Drilled end plates.