Tally Ho Capstan Project: Final Assembly of the Drum and Cap and Shipping Out!
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- Tally Ho Capstan Project: Final Assembly of the Drum and Cap and Shipping Out!
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A golfer once said,when a spectator said "what a lucky shot", after a chip in, he replied: "It has taken me years of practice to be so lucky!" I think you work is not luck but your superb attention to detail.
Gary Player - "The more I practice the luckier I get."
Bravo!
Branch Rickey, the man who signed Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers once said: "Luck is the residue of design".
You rose to the challenge Keith. Well done and congratulations!
We make our own luck.
The fact that I, a 70 y.o. woman, who knows nothing about metal working, watched every minute of the Tally Ho capstan project shows how expert the series is. The professional videography, editing, commentary, and infectiously cheerful personality (and joy as everything came together) makes a perfect documentation of a challenging project. Your teaching skills match your most excellent machining skills. Thank you for hours of watching pleasure. 👏🏻
Awesome testimonial! ❤❤
Me too! 70 y.o. in Canada. I’ve watched the entire Tally Ho and capstan project. The machining has been amazing-a lifetime of experience realized in the restoration of a 100+ year old device. A wonderful legacy of his skill.
@@annteve 👍🇨🇦
Thank you @trinitytoo , I totally concur. The whole capstan series has been a joy to watch and this final episode had me smiling throughout. Keith you are brilliant.
Job well done sir. As a longtime patreon of Leo, I thank you all who work so hard to get this job done. We appreciate your skills and commitment to see it through. You've earned my support.
Keith I am an 82 year old Australian and have been utterly amazed at your cool expertise in the extraordinary restoration of the Tally Ho capstan. Your excitement in this last episode was palpable and I think all of the thousands watching this would have had a 'moment' to see everything working perfectly after such a long and complex challenge.
Thank you so much!🙌🙌
Absolutely. And this relief coming from knowing what could potentialy go wrong - fantastic. You simply cannot buy experience.
You've put your mark on "Tally Ho" and it will outlast us all thanks to the hard work, dedication and craftsmanship of so many. Here's to another 100 years!
Great job Keith. It’s been a great pleasure to work with you!
Your contribution was essential! I have no idea who you are but bravo!
Did you work out who made the capstan originally?
@@johnsherborne3245 possibly Thomas Reid & Company based in Paisley, Scotland.
@@webstersboatmachinery-deep1054 I wonder if Stone marine still have the original drawings. I had wondered if the Simpson Lawrence archive in Glasgow might have had, but I bow to your expertise!
@@johnsherborne3245 It could have been a SL product. My understanding is that Harken shredded their drawing/document archive when they purchased SL, so there are no drawings relating to their old equipment so we could only go by the ink drawings from their catalog. I could be wrong about that and very much hope I am, but sadly I suspect it is correct.
Leo was lucky to have you… no one would have put the love and care you did into this project. Your passion is what brings us to you.
Yep.You and Leo are alike.Passion and precision,only difference is the material you're working.My passion is music and precision is Fender.
"I'm a machinist, not a painter..." Love it! Such a wonderful series, thank you! That capstan will outlive all of us...
I have sailed the world's oldest, still active, tall sailing ship, the Star of India (160 years old.) I have taken my turns on Capstsns four times the size of this one ( 12 men at a time.)
I have followed the Tally Ho project from the beginning. And I have loved every minute of this restoration/modification of the Tally Ho's Capstan. I can't wait to see it painted and installed back in its home on deck. Ultimately, it's a tool and I am excited to see it do its job once again.
This was such a satisfying video. I could not stop smiling. You got me hooked Keith. You have a follower for life.
As a long retired Mechanical Engineer I am thrilled to bits to have followed this extra fabulous example of super quality engineering by all the engineers involved in this perfect modification of the original capstan. FABULOUS!!!!
Woho! Superb job done🎉🎉
Agreed, and so satisfying to watch. I love Keith's unhurried delivery too, let's you relish it longer.
Doubly agreed ‼️‼️
What a truly great International effort.
Mr. Rucker, you should be justifiably proud of your ‘involvement’ in this engineering feat.
Great work…. great outcome.
Regards
Robert
Like making a fine watch by committee! Very much enjoyed watching you exercise (and it is) your expertise. I think Leo should have a plaque made for the capstan with the names of those of you who gave so much labors of love to the 100 year old Tally Ho capstan. I'm sure he will think of you all when he's raising sail and anchor almost effortlessly.
What is your opinion on the yellow brass ring gear? The load on each tooth will be somewhat less than the tension on the chain when the winch is in operation.
Oh your excitement was clearly noticeable. I'm very happy too for you and this project and Leo!
And yet another tour de force completed. That smile on his face... Priceless.🙂
I remember watching the disassemble of the capstan and thinking how much work it would take to make it work again. You, windy hill and Dave made the impossible happen. Well done
Keith, this project mirrors the rebuild of Tally Ho in so many ways. From diving into the unknown, overcoming unforeseen problems, to the exemplary craftsmanship of a finished component.
Take pride in knowing that as the Tally Ho sails into the future, in 200 years, future engineers will speak of the skill and art you employed in refitting Tally Ho's capstan.
Sir, you are everything an engineer should be. I salute you.
My sentiments exactly. Keith, you are now a part of history in a unique way! Great job, worthy of the perfection that exemplifies Tally Ho.
I couldn't have said better.
Well done Kieth. The quality of workmanship is right on par with the rest of the rebuild.
Competence magnifies luck: when you’re knowledgeable, even the seemingly lucky outcomes often stem from knowing what you’re doing.
The more I practice, the luckier I get
It could also be said that people make their own luck. You are one of those special people. Well done!
There was a golfer, I think it was Garry Player, who replied to a journalist who made a comment on how lucky he’d been out on the course, Player replied “yes, the harder I practiced the luckier I get”. Same applies to the skills Keith has.
Agreed, Gary Player (a renowned South African golfer) commented on his success; "I was extremely lucky and the more I practiced, the luckier I became."
It wasn't luck at all. Keith developed his skills over many years of practice, work and trial and error.
What a thrill. It matches the workmanship of the whole Tally Ho project perfectly. Well done Keith and Dave Webster.
What a triumph of machining, engineering, casting and communication between three people so far apart. This was outstanding. Keith, I don't think I've ever seen you as openly pleased with a project as with this capstan. What a delight, from start to finish. Leo owes you a bloody big drink and a ride on his boat. Best wishes from Johannesburg, South Africa.
The smile on your face when you are turning that gear is priceless!
As ex merchant navy I can assure you that precision and salt water do not mix on deck equipment. The operative term is "rattling good fit".. The manual drive is a perfect example, don't sweat it.
Who needs thread locker when you have salt water?
As an ex Naval weapons technician and lifetime sailor I recommend mixing salt , SS and aluminium for a fit so precise it will never move again :-)
@@troglokev Yup !
25 years on sea going tugs ,so far . Brother you ain’t kidding!
As an ex seagoing engineer in the Merchant Navy, I thought, "That's sounds just like a windlass should sound."
I have never sailed a boat but i am a navy veteran and love to fish off my motor boat. I became an avid watcher of your videos before you took on Leo's project. I was also an avid watcher of Leo's channel. So when he sent this capstan to you i was thrilled. What a wonderful ride it has been. I love to learn and spend a lot of time watching people build boats. wooden, steel, or fiberglass. It is amazing what a person can do if they have their hearts into it. Your skills impress me along with your explanations, and patient detail of the project. Thanks Keith, May God bless you.
Keith, I don't think there was anyone more suited to do this job than you, your shop and you network of craftsmen.
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As a retired 30 year machinist in prototype machine building, I have watched you modify/revive Leo's capstan in awe of your bravery in attacking such a complicated/complex refit to completion. Initially interested in the vintage machinery like the ones in your shop (I spent 12 years of those 30 standing in front of a Lodge & Shipley exactly like the one in your shop and watched as CNC machines invaded and transformed much of the machine world) but then your skills as a Millwright/Machinist held my interest. The team effort in this entire project gives me faith that craftsmanship is still alive and well. Nice Job Keith!!! - MUCH more skill and craftsmanship here than "luck".
I’m a long time supporter of Tally Ho and throughout have been surprised and impressed by how many skilled craftsmen have stepped up to ensure that every component is done to the same extraordinary standard that Leo has been able to achieve
I’m a Scot living in Canada and was a Merchant Marine and Coast Guard deck officer as a younger man and have sailed throughout my life. My family in Scotland includes millwrights and shipyard workers so watching the folks who contributed to the refurbishment of the capstan has struck some kind of emotional nerve
I want to thank and congratulate the pattern making, casting and machinist team and hope that you guys have all the pride and satisfaction you deserve
Congratulations to all the diverse International Coordinating members that had a hand in this project!
Yes, its absolutely normal for a grown man to get all teary-eyed watching machining videos... Totally normal....
What a great combination of talents -- manual seat-of-the-pants machining, pattern making, foundry work, CAD design and CNC machining. There are great lessons for all of us in this project..
Congratulations. You are rightly very proud that this has all come together.
Thank you Keith for taking us along!
From the very beginning of having to break the top to get it off to the perfect fit getting it all back together, this project has been quite the journey. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
75 yo Canadian man living in southwest-central British Columbia. Fascinating video series, Mr. Rucker! In my reckless youth I could manage a tiny sailboat single-handed on my local Okanagan Lake, but my life's primary career has been the design & manufacture of specialty electronic instruments [high-resolution borehole thermometers, observatory-grade fluxgate magnetometers, etc.] for the geophysics community. The modernization of the Tally-Ho capstan has been a wonderful project, and I'd like to add that the guys who designed & cast this machine a century or more ago did a brilliant job which facilitated the upgrades. Many thanks for your patient explanations, Keith!
Hi Keith.
I'm one of the many that came to your channel from the Tally Ho project. It has been an absolute pleasure watching you wield your craft so professionally and I can't begin to imagine how excited Leo must be to be watching this episode.
I will most certainly be hanging around to see what other fine work/projects you will be tackling in the future.
My father was a tool and.die maker trained 75 years ago. He worked on the ship that landed on the moon. As a young boy I got to see the LEM at Gruman Aerospace. Watching Keith work on this project brought back many memories of him. Great job, Keith, great collaboration among a number of skilled craftsmen. These men built our country.
World, they built the world. Not just the country. The whole bally. That's why that collaboration with Webster worked out that well. There's guys like Keith all over the planet. It's incredible if you think about it.
Congratulations Keith. What a collaboration! It's so satisfying to see the individual specialists working on the restoration of this iconic piece of maritime history.
Regards,
Preso, Australia.
Never have I seen a man so happy and relieved. Great work Keith. So happy for you. A great example of international collaboration and team work. 😊
Thank you Mr Rucker for all your efforts and sucess with this project. I and many others have enjoyed your skill, effort and obvious charm when presenting and carrying out this project. You are now one of the worlds leading authorities on 100 year old capstans. Thanks again.
Can't wait to see it on tally ho! 🎉🎉
As a fellow Georgian (Milton), I want to say thanks for representing our state wonderfully in the Tally Ho project!
Very nicely done. Challenging project, requiring careful communication, years of training and experience with a well known ship build hanging in the balance.
Extremely impressive work by everyone involved.
I'm a boat guy who came over as a Tally Ho watcher. Never appreciated what goes into machinist's work. Now I do! I think that Leo matched your skills well with those of the other skilled craftsmen and women working on Tally Ho. Congratulations to all involved. I anxiously await seeing this capstan on deck.
Your a real gentleman for doing the labor for free , your donation to the Tally Ho project will forever be remembered with that capstan on Tally Ho !
Keith you did a fantastic job. From the pattern maker to the cast-iron pour and new parts. Your name will go down in history.
A great complement to the Tally Ho.
I was really astouned and surprised about the amount of, and presicion work that had to be done on the capstan First the demontation that took some doing to say the least, the cabinet quality patternmaking of the complicated cap, the endless patience and tenacity of the casting team and then the planning, drawing and precision making of the motorizing parts and finally multiple different machining and fitting with equally high quality. A true team work of stellar old geezers that care and take pride of their work, making a fine product that will adorn Tally Ho long time coming.
Brilliant collaboration between a number of different sources, really enjoyed this series!
Vintage Machinery and Tally Ho are simply the best content on RUclips! Taking complex projects “a bite at a time” is sage advice. Laying awake at night, worrying about and thinking through complicated processes is livin life…if you’re wired that way. You’re awesome Keith!
Thats craftsmanship over boarders working together and get the work done !!! Was a pleasure to look and follow the process 😊
Great craftsmanship Keith. The smile on your face says it all!!!
What a fantastic job Keith. You are braver than me though, pouring lead while wearing shorts!!
Thinking about everything that could go wrong is the first positive step to ensuring that nothing goes wrong. Well done, congratulations to all involved in this complex project.
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This is just another anonymous drop in a sea of comments, but watching this has been an absolutely wonderful experience. It melds so well with the Tally Ho project in every way; the wonderful story, from wonderful people, wonderfully filmed and edited, and executed with absolute modest competence. I feel richer personally for having been a viewer. Thank you, Keith and all that have contributed to your part in this epic endeavor!
Fantastic in ever way! Thank you for allowing us the pleasure of seeing this come to life! I'll absolutely stick around to see you work more magic!
You are a fine person, sir. Easy to watch and listen to. Calm and dedicated, generous in spreading your knowledge and capacity to improvise. To have your cooperation to the tally ho project makes the totality even more wholesome.
Thank you for this most wonderful trip.
Your attention to detail and creativity are the perfect compliment to Leo and crew. This collaboration (engineering, design, pattern, foundry, refurb, retrofit, fabrication, and assembly) will be the crown jewel of his already magnificent project. I especially appreciate that you were able to reuse so much of the original machine. You are right to be excited and proud. Thanks for the ride. I came to this channel from the Tally Ho project, but will stay because of the quality of your craftmanship and the clarity of your delivery. Well done.
Not only were you the man with the skills and machinery to get that job done, I suggest that you're the *only* machinist who could do it single-handed (with the assistance of the cast iron guys, of course). I've enjoyed watching it immensely. Thank you for the entertainment, the learning, and the generous contribution to the Tally Ho! project.
Fantastic work Keith. You working on the capstan for Tally Ho was a wonderful collaboration. I’ve been a fan of both your and Leo’s channels for quite a while, and was thrilled when those worlds converged for the capstan restoration project!
As the Brits say your absolutely allowed to be "CHUFFED" Watched every episode of this journey from start to finish and I'm so happy for you and all that were involved! BRAVO!
That windlass is priceless. the level of talent that repaired that thing could land a man on the moon. I believe you have a boat ride banked.
CONGRATULATIONS Keith! Well deserved my friend. Excellent work!
What a journey, starting with Keith and Clarke disassembling it, and rebuilding, re-casting it, machining it, and now assembly.
Keith, I would have been as Proud as punch to have been involved with this fantastic project
What a GREAT PROJECT! Been watching you for years, and this has been one of the VERY BEST projects you've done! Oh Yeah.... The Pattern Guy, and Windy Hills Foundry deserve lots of Kudos, too!
You were bursting with relief, pleasure and justifiable pride as you assembled it part by part, and the most you showed was a smile and a lightness of step. So modest, and such an achievement. And then you happened to drop in that you were doing to for free for Tally Ho. What a gent!
Kieth, I can not thank you enough for what you, over many years now, have given me through all that you do and all of your wonderful ENTHUSIASM and JOY. I have watched you for many years; your many skills and your personality perfectly explain why this Limey can not stop watching you.
Absolutely and amazingly wonderful!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. God bless you and your troubled country.
Yes, Keith, I could tell how happy and relieved you are that it went together so well.
Who ELSE could have done this but Kieth??? (and Dave and Clarke)
To replace a one hundred old part, the capstan cap, you guys when above and beyond. Dave, who made a custom pattern from the broken part. Clarke, who poured the pattern at his hands on foundry and Kieth, the manual machinist, made it work as well or better than before, also integrating a new motor drive, bringing the old and new together, beautifully.
Your combined experience is what made this happen.
Dave, Clarke, Kieth take a bow. Well done gentlemen, well done.
Keith, it's a magnificent conclusion! Your excitement to see it all come together is well-earned. Looking forward to seeing it onboard Tally Ho.
This was a great project, from beginning to end. I am sure that those machinists from 1910 would be thrilled and honored to see the care you put into this restoration/renovation. Thank you, Kieth. Thank you for your contribution to not just machining, but the preservation of vintage maritime equipment and technologies.
If only international relations worked so well together, what a harmonious world we’d live in. Complimenti! Amazing work.
Congratulations on the incredible restoration, it's been a pleasure to follow along, as always!
One of the things I've come to understand from this project and others is that our ancestors really understood how to cast metal. When you see the problems involved in casting the floors for Tally Ho and the capstan cap for this project our ancestors were working magic with cast metals.
Don’t forget the keel guy. He was genius.
There is difference from casting everything, quiz that only suttable way to get metal in complex shapes and today its using CNC for it. Not to mention that capstand wasnt one off project, but probably production line.
@@janisber111 sailing vesels around the turn of the century were NEVER made in such quantity that any capstan would have been built on a production line.
the boats and capstans were all pretty much one offs, but the pattern makers WOULD have had years of experience making things like this, THAT is the knowledge and EXPERIENCE of casting that is lacking in the modern world
Even the cast Iron was special, Iron Masters had there own mixes. A slate quarry in wales also cast pipes and used them to take water from a lake to run a water wheel driving their extensive workshop, they then carried on production of the pipes, they exported slate to the World and where an engineering workshop. When it eventually closed there where some pipes still there for scrapping and they went to the highest bidder. A scrap metal company could not break them like modern cast Iron, they had to cut them up with torches. It would seem the Ironmasters secret mix only passed on to next generation was still doing its job. Cast Iron was the go to material at the time and they got really good at it. I went there forty years ago near mount Snowdon it was a Slate Mine Museum and we went underground. Waterwheel was massive.
@@amandagardner565 lacking in the modern world? What world do you live in? Modern metal casting is far more advanced than anything before it. You're lying to yourself if you think pattern making skills aren't just as advanced.
Amazing to see it come together. During the series I often asked "how did they build that thing 100 years ago?" Seeing your relief and joy when it came together was touching. Very skilled workmanship Keith. I remember when you were trying to get it apart. It's done!
I live just outside Port Townsend and can't wait to see it in person! Great job, Keith!
Congratulations Keith on a truly wonderful job, most people don't understand laying in bed, trying to get a plan to come together... Superp, just superb...👍👍
I can completely feel your relief when that thing went together and turned. Some years ago, I built a theater set that took me just under 2 years from "We need..." to "Done!" It reached the Done! point about 15 minutes before the doors opened on opening night. After it worked properly through the entire show, the show boss and I stood in the back of the theater, hugged each other, and cried. The weight-off-the-shoulders feeling has to be experienced to really be understood and this was the first time in 60 years of making chips that I was this far over my head. The best you can hope for is that you run out of elephant before you run out of time or your knife and fork wear out. You made it so CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
That smile when he cranked it with the handle missing on his crank handle said it all
Congratulations to you and Windy Hill Foundry, as well as all the others who contributed large and small to this simply outstanding effort. The capstan is good for another 100+ years! Awesome result, and I can’t wait to see it installed on Tally-Ho
Great workmanship, Keith. This piece will - beside serve well throughout - also stand out as a steadfast gem on Tally Ho. Take well deserved pride in your craft!
Marathon effort, well done, Leo will be so pleased to get one of the final jobs completed in the restoration of Tally-Ho. Again Well done.
If you were playing baseball I would compare this series to the World Series ( but it’s only the U.S. involved?) and you just caught a fastball at 95 in the center of home plate, bases loaded, 9th inning, one run shy of tie game…….. and put it over the fence! This has been extremely different than what is “usual” in the machine repair realm, and your cast iron collection has been put to task. The cutters and drill variants was incredibly large, as were some of the parts being reproduced. The boat (Ship?) will forever carry a piece of you in its travels to distant shores ! Tally Ho is now a beautiful example of craftsmanship that is almost extinct and a wonderful way to show how skilled workmanship is still alive. Congratulations Keith! A cold adult beverage is in your future 😊
Job well done Keith! Loved watching this journey!
Hats off to you Keith,amazing old school engineering at its finest there,sit back at home and have a whiskey or two...
This was an impressive project all the way through. I can’t wait to see it painted and working on Tally Ho.
Amazing to watch a master at his craft. While there are many high points of the tally ho restoration this capstan will for sure be one of its Crown Jewels. Incredible work Keith!!!
Keith, I've really enjoyed following your work on the capstan and your contribution to Leo's Tally Ho! rebuild project. You talked a lot about luck in the final episode. I didn't see much luck. What I saw was a supreme craftsman. Congratulations.
Of course you are showing how excited you are. You are like a little boy playing with his new mechanical toy and discovering all the little nobs and gears to turn! And I am so envying you, first for being able to get this done and now playing around with it! (And I am going to Port Townsend in Mid-July.)
Wonderful to see you almost get the giggles when it actually works! We've all been there when a plan actually comes together
Absolutely fantastic. Thank you for videoing this whole machine journey. Great job!
God bless you sir. The elation on your face when everything fit together was exactly the smile on Leo’s face when he raised the first sails on Tally Ho. Daunting and amazing project. I was also amazed to the effort it took for Jimmy Diresta to reassemble the the band saw you have been moving around by yourself for years (let alone moving all of your machines around-time to time). You are truly amazing, and I hope you and your family get to do fun things when you retire. Don’t worry about us YT watchers, we will still be here even if you take a brake from posting.
Woodworking is my hobby. One of the things I love about woodworking is that when I start something new, I do not know exactly how hard it might be, but the journey figuring it out is often just as much fun as making the project itself. I love your channel because it has taught me so many things about thinking through a problem to find a solution. Great series, and I am looking forward to the next one.
As an Industrial Millwright myself, I totally understand the relief and elation your feeling with the completion of this project. When I saw the backlash on your gear with the new motor I almost cried. Beautiful fit. Great job! It's great You and Windy Hill are master tradesmen!
Jobs lke this is the what makes Professionals what they are "experts",. You drew on all your years of experince and Just look at the satisifaction you have knowing that you did it in one try. GOD JOB!!!!!!!!!
Just saw Leo post that the Capstan has arrived. What an awesome group of videos on this project. Great job.
That’s really a huge part of the historical boat. Of what’s left of her. It was also a way more involved restoration than I think most would have thought at the beginning, certainly more than I imagined. Thank you for taking us along for the ride, and grate job.
A great deal of skill and care went into this, I've really enjoyed watching you work, came over from the Tally Ho project but I'm here to stay now Keith. Keep it up!
I have so enjoyed this entire series both the casting process and all of your shop work Keith.. My dad was a machinist for 30 years and he would have loved watching you work on this project. The small details you worried over and the extra little bit of craftsmanship you put into this project is something you don't find anymore... Well done sir.. well done..
Followed this whole series + Tally Ho. My appreciation for Keith is boundless. My father was a machinist apprentice in the old country, interrupted by the war. Skipping that whole adventure, he ends up in the states a civilian mariner for the Navy. In retirement his shop at home had a milling machine, lathe & foundry, etc. He joked that with these tools he could create another lathe, milling machine, etc.
Your joy over the final build is just wonderful.
You make your own luck, congrats and thanks for taking us along Keith.
What a glorious monument to ALL the people involved! The original foundry workers, the machinists, the fitters, the riggers, on and on - a chain of hands back through the centuries. Now it will return to service on it's bespoke boat! Absolutely incredible. I've watched the entire Tally Ho series (seven years worth of episodes, Leo Sampson Goolden has created a masterpiece!) and it's inspiring and uplifting to watch. All of you folks make me SO proud to be part of the human family that creates such awesomeness!!! GO KEITH!! GO LEO!!! TAALLLYYY HO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keith, we all were sitting on the edge of our chairs....feeling your excitement, too! You are indeed a scholar and a gentleman! Thank you!
I'm watching from new Zealand where tally ho lived for a few years. I've got to say there are a lot of amazing people involved in this project. My hat goes off to you and your generosity.
It's great to hear Keith getting excited over the results. We always knew it would work - but it's especially rewarding to see everything fit when it all comes together!
“Ye of little faith”?…..You knocked it out of the park. Well done Keith👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I came here via Leo's channel, and I've been hooked ever since. Who would have thought that watching a capstan get rebuilt could make for such a great program. You, Keith, are an artisan. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work.