Don't give up, it's not a lost cause! My brother and I have had lots of setbacks on the louvers, we are trying to be patient as well. We did find a local shop that will make all the pieces for us so then we would do the assembly. Unfortunately, they are suffering from the economy and our contact is out of town quite a bit trying to drum up work to keep his employees busy. Our project isn't enough work for them to really make any money at since it's a fairly large shop. Add the unpredictable life situations that always seem to surface, and here we are today. Sooo, after all the explanations that sound terribly like excuses, bottom line is we have not given up on the project, but aren't able to predict when they will be available either.
