Man, that is brutal. I totally feel your pain on this one. How many times have we all just ripped things apart for no reason? I once swapped out a perfectly good motherboard because of a loose fan cable. It's maddening when the simple fix hides from you for hours. The grinding must have been a real gut punch after doing all that worm gear work. At least now you know your mixer inside and out though, right?

Yeah that old school idea of cherry red is still pretty common. Most guys just don't know how fast that heat carries through the hoof wall when it's that hot. Dull orange is the sweet spot for sure.

Two minutes? That's wild. I'd need him to draw it on a napkin at least twice.