Neil I'm trying to cut out the cussing.
How many times have I mentioned Divine Intervention on this build???. MANY.
It continues.
I met this guy Theo on Linkedin. He's in the mining belt in the Free State. We get chatting and eventually my trolley jack comes up. It's a hand-me-down and poked.
He asks make?. I know it's made in Denmark. He gets my address and his driver turns up to collect. A week later my jack is like new. Theo says my money's no good with him.
I'm saying what an awesome dude thinking he owns a small shop and does odd jobs on hydraulic cylinders in a mini factory complex.
Last night he calls out of the blue asking about Burkert solenoids and the sponsor Alvin. I tell him the guy is rock solid and put me onto three guys he knows who all came on board. He needs some special 8 grand 110v unit but heard Burkert only sell through agencies. Within 10 minutes I put the guys together and Alvin quoted 4,183!!!!. From my understanding Theo needs way more than one.
Theo asks about the long car so I tell him my sad story with machining. I have most of the materials and a guy to do CAD for the engineers at Honingcraft but my measuring equipment is DIY. Small vernier etc and not suited to measuring bigger parts accurately. He asks what size micrometers and verniers I need because he's got piles. I tell him I'm not skilled enough to measure the rearend spool and other critical parts because I'm no engineer.
It turns out he's personal friends with Gerrit and Beyers at Honingcraft. They do big business together. Then he says there's a guy Dave that does CNC for him. I also know Dave. He does awesome Aluminium work. He says he's Dave's biggest client and gave me a figure on his monthly spend. Theo isn't just some guy working out of a small shop!!!!!. He is the guy. He's all in and the parts are going to the Free State to be measured properly and he's taking it on himself to split the work between Honingcraft and Dave.
Between Theo, Honingcraft and Dave my machining woes are over. One small random act of kindness. The guy refurbed a jack out of the goodness of his heart for another guy 200 miles away. Add Alvin to the mix and one thing led to another. Theo is a good Christian guy and quotes verses from the Bible. He's like a gift from God. We spoke for hours last night on all kinds of stuff.
What are the chances of all this happening?
. Slim to none but here we are. The Divine Intervention. Prayer, the BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!!!. All I have.🙏
George is super fast and built a beautiful liner BUT he's never been on an adventure like mine!!!!!!. There's a book and movie in this miracle season. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙏✝