Steve's on holiday for a fortnight so can't answer but being a true mate and to stop the bastard lying thru his teeth I can tell you he didn't cut them, I did.

At the time Steve didn't have a working machine, a bit of chicken and egg situation, no sides, no machine but need to machine sides etc.
Steve did the drawings and supplied the material.

I ignored his drawings and did it how I wanted Musta been a fluke but it worked out OK.

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