Mr Staab said over on Comp that NGM is simply one of their vendors. He also said that Danville will be selling these, among a few others and these gears should be available come Feb once tooling is all set up. Also said he has other products in the works. Great news!
I looked at it too, and read it differently. Wade started the project with NLM and kept it moving forward,(hence the "Wade lit a fire under my ass" comment) and gave ideas to make it better, such as the .5* increments for positive/accurate adjustments.
Not quite "just a dealer"
As for marketing and using it first before the sale, I'm sure it wouldent leave his shop or go to a customer unless it was 100%. Thats just the way he is. Reguardless if you like him or not, he builds some nice engines and is involved with some top shelf engine products!