Here's a video of my new stones

[Jim]

Hello all,

Thanks for the instructions on how to make the stones. I ended up
making 10 rocks for my parents.

Here's a link to some pics:
http://imgur.com/a/plGJt#6jSIO

And a couple Videos:
http://vimeo.com/user1485139/videos

They've been a lot of fun.

Cheers,
Jim

[Mario DiCarlo]

Holy Smokes Jim - that is some assembly set-up. And tons of fun out on the
ice.

I really liked the way you put the hole in the top to insert the handle.
Great looking stones too.

Out on the ice I was impressed how they didn't seem to have any wobble -
just good curlers throwing perhaps! - especially that guy in the red jacket;
it looked like he had home-ice advantage. (name wouldn't be Jim by any
chance?).

Next year you'll have to work on an ice service that doesn't "slant toward
the shore". What about ripping some 1/2 inch plywood (or 4-5 inch boards)
and setting up a sheet that you could flood once or twice to get a level
surface, and then get a little watering tank apparatus to pebble? (Just
looking down the road for when that little one in the sled starts to
practice his/her slide for the Olympics).

In the meantime keep having fun out there with these beauties, and thanks
for sharing all of your assembly processes.

MD

[mr_fitz]

Very nice.  That ice looks very nice too, but seems like you might have had to adjust for the wind - a variable those indoor curlers don't have to contend with!

[Jim]

We had to adjust for the slant of the ice. It slanted towards the
shore. We have since changed the orientation of the rink so now we
either go a little up hill or a little down hill.

Our next step is to build a peppler so we can really get some curl.