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NickG:
Like everybody else, am in awe. :bow: The method and result for that trunk cross head guide blew me away.

Amazing work Steve :clap: thanks for sharing :thumbup:

Nick

madjackghengis:
To Shoey51, I had some rough idea of what the original full sized ones looked like, but really appreciate the picture. To Steve, I am sorry for your newly diagnosed condition, I hope you get a good solid handle on it, and it doesn't take you away from the shop too much. Your version is certainly going to be a brighter and shiny than the originals I expect, but I put that down to who's building it. :jaw: :jaw: :bugeye: mad jack

MrFluffy:
I was just wandering through this thread in awe at the workmanship going on, and then I come to this page and can actually add a little.
The diabetes wont beat you, it just means a few changes, and to let the docs prod you a bit more often and to make some dietary changes that really we should all have made anyway if we didnt have the bandaid of a working pancreas to hide the habits.
Im 10 years down that road that the docs know about, although I had some of the symptoms since my early 20's but nobody thought to check me for it back then so who knows, and I havent hit 40 yet. Yes there are some days I screw up and pay the price and there's the not mentioned very often by the medical profession mood swings when your out of kilter, but its just something we have to get along with, and to learn to watch ourselves doing it so we dont take it out on others needlessly. But theres other days when I can still do things like I was 18 still, and pretty much all my non diabetic friends struggle to keep up with me be it with a shovel, late into the night partying or whatever.
Keep making those special eye exam appointments and keep taking care of your feet, its the extremities it messes with. And keep building those lovely engines, best therapy you can get ;)

cedge:
MrFluffy...
Thank you for your supportive post. So far the transition has been an easy one. We already cooked what amounted to diabetic meals and since I've lost about 50 pounds, smaller portions are pretty much already part of my eating routine. Once I discovered that the major candy companies make sugar free versions of quite a range of their name branded products, my sweet tooth isn't complaining. Surprisingly, no one who has tried my candy stash can tell it's sugar free. It really is that good.

My numbers have fallen to a range that is pleasing the medicos and I've got energy I've not had in quitea long time. In fact, this thread has suffered due to that. In the past two weeks, I've been out and at it by 6:30 or 7:00 catching up on honey do projects that had piled up on me. I've wet sanded, compounded and hand waxed my old Jeep. I just rewired the exterior lights on it today.

I've pressure washed every bit of concrete on my property, including a large parking area, sidewalks, front curb and the long series steps going to the lower level. Then I emptied my shop area and cleaned the floors there too. Anyone who's been in my shop will tell you that was no minor undertaking....LOL. I never figured I'd be doing 16-18 hour days again, but that is the schedule I've been keeping since the sugar levels dropped. The wife wants to know who I am and where I stashed the old guy she'd been sleeping with. She says it's only for idle curiosity because she doesn't really want him back.

Since my wife also works for my primary care physician, the chances of me slacking off on eye and foot checks are rather low. He's a personal friend, as well as my doctor, so he gets away with giving me grief a lot more than I'd let the typical medico.

I did manage to slow down and spend a few minutes in the shop today and began testing my ideas for the valve assemblies. If it cools a bit, I might even get back in there over the weekend and then maybe we can get this thread moving again. This project has not been abandoned, but it did have to go off the top of the list for a short period of time. My apologies to those who have been following my lack of progress. I'll try to do better soon.

Again..... thanks for the supportive nature of your comments.

Steve

Stilldrillin:
Thanks for the post Steve! :wave:

Two weeks, and no word from you, is just a little unsettling.

Thankfully, I don`t understand wot yer got...... It is/ is not a serious problem, depending on who is telling.

It`s nice to hear you`re "ok", and all is in hand! :thumbup:

David D

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