Two hours of non-stop reading. Awesome build! Only problem with the thread is the part about dislocating the knee cap. I spent about an hour laying on ice in Alaska with my knee cap on the back side of my knee and I got all nauseous and uncomfortable thinking about it again. Hopefully yours is...
I still don't know what's appropriate to ask in life, so I'll just ask it. What's your total cost thus far? I'm still in the dreaming and planning phase as I can't seem to get the wife to stop spending all of my damn moolah. Nice to see another guy who considers "several acres" to be a yard...