"Jeff Jones" XTR 960 crankset modification

Today I've been researching my intended conversion of a 3-ring Shimano XTR 960 crankset, circa 2003, to a lightweight (sub-500g), sleek, shiny, super-stiff, and hopefully nukeproof single ring crankset, mainly by means of an epic overdose of elbowgrease. It's a reasonably well-trodden (ridden?) path, especially by single-speed MTBers.

Here's a selection of related links, as much for my own reference as anything else. I'll add more if/as/when I come across them.

Links direct to pictures, for those with better things to do with their time:

Before - complete chainset
Before - bare RH crank

After - on the bench
After - on a bike

Links to articles and discussions:

http://forums.mtbr.com/weight-weenies/xtr-xt-crankset-ss-way-go-597093.html

http://forums.mtbr.com/singlespeed/jeff-jones-960-xtr-510632.html

http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2011/03/12/diy-xtr-960-single-crankset/

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/who-has-done-a-jones-m960-xtr-crank-conversion

http://www.thehubsa.co.za/forum/topic/57930-jeff-jones-xtr-crank-mod-a-pictorial/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/330569148739

http://www.jonesbikes.com/news/News1.html

Same idea, but Deore M532 cranks:

http://www.velosolo.co.uk/jjcrank.html