Nah, Brass Monkeys are not my forte. I'd say that I did my homework and
found two credible explanations, not that the question was really
looking for clarification.

Getting a bit despondent trying to find Sieg Super X3 mills...

TDKozan wrote:
Hoisted by one's own petard
Will you be regaling us with the etymology of Brass Monkeys next?
Sheesh, let it lie.