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Me and my mate made a water wheel we used a cog sprocket and bearings to allow it to roll more freely just need to build & extend my fish pool now to run it in too lol here is a couple of pics I built it quite large because I mounted it on my folly
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It ain't perfect I ain't v good at wood work but pleased with the rustic look we gave it and it duz run smothe with hose pipe on it ;-)
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you really are very talented!
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Brilliant Nick, I want one!
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Good morning F/M what a brilliant job you have made,its just great
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Wow!!! That is brilliant FM!! Can't wait yo see it in action.!
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Could do with one of them, did I tell you I bought a river?
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Brilliant Nick, I want one!
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"I want's" don't get;
"Can I have" is greedy.
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It ain't perfect I ain't v good at wood work
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Good grief ... if that is your attempt at "ain't perfect - ain't v good at wood work" ... I shudder to think at what you can achieve when you *are* good at woodwork!!!
Don't hide under a bushel: that is cracking work!
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Me and my mate made a water wheel we used a cog sprocket and bearings to allow it to roll more freely just need to build & extend my fish pool now to run it in too lol here is a couple of pics I built it quite large because I mounted it on my folly
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That brain of yours, Nick..............it never stops working!!!! I've said it to you before but you have the ability to "see" something and translate from Brain to Hands to reality!!
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Wow, that is lovely! Wish I could build stuff like you can
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It ain't perfect I ain't v good at wood work
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I'd say you were
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It's wonderful Folly Mon. Way beyond the measure of most folks but not YOU. It will look and sound wonderful when it's in action. Looking forward to motion piccies,
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...That is just amazing Folly Mon
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