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"Has anyone built the Rebec Fiddle from the plans in this link?" Mike Strehlow replied Oct 21, 2013 to Home made drill press	6	Oct 21, 2013 Reply by Mike Strehlow
"I'm not being critical of your jig, I'm just having trouble visualizing how it works…" Mike Strehlow replied Oct 20, 2013 to Wine bottle cutting jig	4	Oct 20, 2013 Reply by Mike Strehlow

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"Has anyone built the Rebec Fiddle from the plans in this link?"

Mike Strehlow replied Oct 21, 2013 to Home made drill press

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"I'm not being critical of your jig, I'm just having trouble visualizing how it works…"

Mike Strehlow replied Oct 20, 2013 to Wine bottle cutting jig

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Mike Strehlow's Discussions (32)

"Has anyone built the Rebec Fiddle from the plans in this link?"

"I'm not being critical of your jig, I'm just having trouble visualizing how it works…"

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