Originally Posted by Opa

My thanks to Joe Lyden, Dave "the Doctor", Corey, Tom and Rolf for their kind welcome to the forum. I was quite frustrated with an effort to quickly reproduce a number of the same item. By reading some of the Forum threads I was encouraged to exercise my mind a bit and construct a jig to go with my patterns and I was able to deliver my finished project last night. God is in His heaven and all is right with the world. Some one asked how long I had been in the Navy. My career spanned 23 years. I started as an Airman Recruit at Great Lakes NTC in April of 1953. I retired as a Commander, Naval Aviator, on 1 Sept. 1976. Not too shabby for a High School graduate even if I do say so myself. My grandkids do call me Opa. Opa.