That's a long haul to KC, we'll cross that bridge when it gets here, unfortunately looking like a busy time of year already.
We haven't made blackberry yet, but It'd probably take 6 quarts of berries for a 5 gallon batch.
Don, do you know of a gear shop with a bevel gear shaper that might could trim these gears to a real gear tooth profile? I think there might be enough material on them yet, and I could blank out a new pinion and start over on that if needed.
Cosmo, I'm sure it'll last a good long time now but probably churns in the same time as it would have as received. Sorry we missed you last week.
Grigg