Oh man! I don't know where to start on this whole deal.......And I hope I'm not missing any facts when offering my opinion.
First of all.....This should have been left between three men to sort out, but since it's plastered all over AS.......
I'm always the first to admit, that I can and have made a pile of mistakes in my life and all of us being human, we are each destined to make many.....I can't imagine how Brad could have missed the broken fins on that jug, but MAYBE he did......We all know that cylinder shouldn't have gone out on a $700 saw, but on the other hand, if that's it's only flaw, heck, I would have run it.
I've never had any work done by Brad, but up until now, his track record certainly appears good......(And bad news travels fast)....Whether it was a dumb mistake or intentional on Brad's part, the guy appears to have offered to make it right.......Shouldn't that be enough????
If Brad had a track record of pulling boners like this, I could understand the posse on the hunt, but I don't get it.........Yeah he screwed up, but nobody has said that he's hiding from it.....Let the man fix it!!