Just want to announce that i've built a working wooden mendel repstrap.
Here the pictures and some very basic description:
[yetanothermendel.blogspot.com]

I had some troubles with making the gears out of wood. To support brave repstrapers I offer a set of mendel gears for free(+shipping) to anyone intrested. Just leave a note.

Markus

Woodworking is hard and your patience shows. Very impressive, and very well done.