[GaryU.]

Starting a new thread as the old one was getting quite long and confusing. Long story short I picked up my stand, ring and block from the machine shop that had it for 3+ months with no final price quote for getting attachments made up. I had waited long enough and given the lack of communication thought it best to start over somewhere else. After talking to a steel supplier here in Madison I contacted another machine shop that is a much smaller operation (2 man shop versus 25 man shop) and took my project there yesterday. When I asked for an estimate till a price quote could be done the owner said about a week or so. We will see if that happens but at least he knows what a flathead is and his father-in-law has one in his garage as a conversation item. As i had the pieces on hand for a day I took some photos of the large ring with some dimensions shown. Hoping for a better result this time around but at least no money was spent at the first place just a waste of lots of my time.