I wrote a GIGANTIC blog post on this with details of everything I did. This includes my FBA. It was so big that I made it into 2 posts.
http://idlehandsthems-fitsworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/05/vpll-1912-mantle-0189-l.html
http://idlehandsthems-fitsworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/05/vpll-1912-0189-mantle-part-2-l.html