Well folks after this amount of time I have an update on the crusher...IT IS KICK ASS! Did a barley wine that took 24lbs of grains...Would have taken me 9 days just to crush it all. The mill did it in 8 minutes flat.
Regarding the delay in delivery, I got the same thing when I ordered mine...They were having "family issues" at that time, which leads me to believe that they are s very small family run cottage industry. And as we all know, we are all very PRO COTTAGE INDUSTRY, right?

I have done @ 30 batches with this and have had "0" problems with it.
Fact is here is a little hint. Get a 5 gallon pickle bucket. the feet of the crusher fit perfectly inside the rim. When you crush, you don't have to worry about the damn thing scootin' all over the place and it cuts way down on the dust.
billy