I sort of did a double take when I saw the vid. said -17 F. Orcas Island? Wife and I are on Fox Island **, and it never gets much below freezing. That vid' must have been someone else's build.
Direct drive via a flex coupler, on a welded steel base, for $700, it's a bargain. Too bad I won't be up there again 'till September, or I think I might snag it.
Quinn
** she, full time; me, part time (working in So. Cal., taking care of elderly parents)