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