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METRIC SOCKET SET, OPEN/CLOSED END WRENCHES, METRIC T WRENCHES, AND A
METRIC MEASUREMENT TAPE.  THIS WAS NOT A MAJOR ISSUE FOR ME, AS I HAD MOST
OF THESE TOOLS.  ONCE I GOT USED TO IT, MANY THINGS BECOME MORE INTUITIVE.
THE TUBING WAS OF SEVERAL LENGTHS, AND SO I MADE UP A STORY STICK A LENGTH
OF WOOD WITH MARKS AT THE SEVERAL LENGTHS, ALLOWING QUICK IDENTIFICATION
RATHER THAN WRESTLING WITH A TAPE THAT DIDNT GO THE FULL LENGTH.  THE
SECOND ISSUE, ONE THAT INITIALLY MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD, WAS THAT THE FOUR
PAGES OF DRAWINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS WERE IN POLISH.  WHILE MOST OF THE
TERMS, SUCH BOOM AND MAST, WERE INTUITIVE, OTHERS WERE NOT.  I FOUND THAT I
COULD USE MY PHONES CAMERA AND GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO HOVER OVER TERMS AND
TRANSLATE THEM QUICKLY.  I SIMPLY ANNOTATED THE DRAWINGS WALDEK SENT, AND I
WAS OFF AND RUNNING.  I PUT THE BOOM TOGETHER FIRST, THEN SLID IT INTO THE
U BOLTS ON THE TILTPLATE.  FORTUNATELY, EVEN THOUGH THE BOOM WAS
DIMENSIONED IN METRIC, IT FIT JUST FINE IN THE IMPERIAL DIMENSIONED U BOLT.
ONCE SNUGGED UP, IT WASNT GOING ANYWHERE, AND HAS REMAINED STABLE SINCE, IN
WINDS OVER 50 MPH.  YOU COULD DO THE BUILD SEVERAL WAYS.  ONE COULD PUT ALL
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