John,
Thanks, I'll let you know what I think.
Josh,
Expert? I wish!!!
I just really enjoy doing this stuff and also enjoy learning along the way. It's a continuous experience.
Designing a whole new popcorn machine would take a LOT of time and effort and time is something that I don't have a surplus of. I'm blessed to get done what I do with the time that I have. Maybe someday I would take a look at that.