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rleete:
--- Quote from: Stilldrillin on November 27, 2015, 02:35:37 PM ---Had a poor summer. Bad back. Then, sciatica. Then, another bad back, stopped most of my usual workshop activities.
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Back problems are not for the faint of heart. I had back surgery just over a year ago, and before that it put me out of commission for most of the summer. A good 6-8 months of my life lost to sleepless nights, drugged days and constant pain. Glad to hear you are on the mend. But give it time; it's been over a year for me and I still have the occasional flare-up if I over do it.
Just one question: what's the pointy thing in the first pic for?
micktoon:
Hi David , good to see you getting back in the workshop again and posting. I heard rumours too about the show being at Doncaster. I was just at the woodwork show at Harrogate last weekend it was in a large top class marquee and the new hall well on the way, all the framework etc done.
Cheers Mick
awemawson:
Hi David, sorry to hear about the back problems. I empathise with you.
Been there, spent months lying on a hard floor staring at the ceiling, had the operation. That was ten years ago, and largely cured but still get the occasional sciatic twinge
philf:
--- Quote from: micktoon on November 27, 2015, 06:26:32 PM ---....... I heard rumours too about the show being at Doncaster.......................................
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David,
Sorry to hear you've not been too good. Touch wood my back is OK but I have a dodgy shoulder which I got falling off my bike in early September (doing something stupid). It keeps getting slightly better and I forget and try to lift something above shoulder height and set it back to square one.
Doncaster might be a better venue than Harrogate. I can get there without touching a motorway which will make the journey more pleasant. I wonder if it's a one-off move or permanent. It's on 20-22nd May. See http://www.thedoncastershow.com/.
I'll have to give it a miss next year as my wife and I will be on our way cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats. (Unless I can persuade her to make a detour.)
Cheers.
Phil.
Stilldrillin:
Thanks for all your kind, sympathetic replies, Chaps. Very much appreciated! :thumbup:
I've had a delicate back, for the past 50 years or so. Didn't help, being in machine shops, all my working life.
But, the sciatica was a whole new experience! Never before, suffered so much pain, for so long!
Also the osteopathy, (at £35 a time), made me feel worse, for a couple of days afterwards!
I can cope, with the mild arthritis, and walking on my bones. Due to no padding, in the soles of me feet......
As you say John Mill. It's not much fun, wearing out. (You're well ahead of me!). Wishing you good luck, for January!
John R. It was the journey home from Harrogate, when the sciatica kicked off!
I had a brand new car delivered. It had to stay in the garage for 3 days, as I couldn't drive it!
Thanks all, for the Doncaster info. Closer to me, than Harrogate. But, the floors will be just as hard.
Think I might have done my final, walking about show.
Though I can still manage to sit at my table display, when necessary. Last one for this year, Papplewick Pumping Station, Dec 12th.
--- Quote from: rleete on November 27, 2015, 06:25:25 PM ---
Just one question: what's the pointy thing in the first pic for?
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That's an oil dropper. Dip n dab. Pointy end puts a spot where it's needed, usually.
The knurled end, is drilled 4mm dia, to fit the Mamod regulator. Saves burned fingers!
I have made several, over the years. Given them to steamtoy friends.
David D
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