2016 POTD Thread Archive

[BGHansen]

Franco, hope your up and back to normal soon. Doesn't sound like any fun at all. I asked my old doc about it years ago, and he told me you will never see a doctor have that surgery. Hopefully they have gotten better at it.

Bruce, that is pretty bizarre, glad it ended well. I've done sit-ups/crunches all my adult life. Had to give them up with the back issue. April will be a year with the back, and then hopefully, will be slowly getting back into my normal exercise routine. May have to modify to suit. This aging thing can be a challenge at times. Mike

Hi Mike,

I knew it when it tore, felt a "pop" had no pain. Fortunately it was my stomach poking through, not the small intestines. I had one in the groin area repaired 18 months ago that was about a 1/2" hole, sure knew it when my guts were poking through the hole. The golden years aren't all what they're cracked up to be . . .

Bruce

 

[Tony Wells]

It sounds like we are all falling apart. At least it's 2016 and not 1916. Just think of the state of medicine 100 years ago. We'd probably be dead by now. As bad as some doctors may be, we're still ahead of the game in general compared to then. Much of what would then have been a week or more in-hospital care is now done on an outpatient basis, or even in the doctor's office.

I hope everyone keeps on the recovery road and is back to normal soon.

 

[Franko]

I've had hemorrhoids most of my life. I delt with them for years, but they got to the point that they were causing me real problems that I won't go into in detail. Unless they are causing problems, I wouldn't recommend the surgery for anyone. I was told that I'd hate my doctor's guts for a couple of weeks, which was true. All in all, I'm glad I did it, but there was a lot of misery for a couple weeks and it will be several more weeks before I get back t some sort of normal state.

I compare it to learning my multiplication tables. I did not enjoy it at all, but certainly worth the effort and sacrifice. Hemorrhoids are something that will eventually return, but I'm old enough that I doubt I'll every have have i done again. I sure hope not, as it was one of the most miserable experiences I've ever endured

 

[tq60]

At a former company they performed a hemorrhoid transplant that was a success at first...

They transfered a pain in the ass manager to our location...

The body did reject it over time but it was harvested and used somewhere else...

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[royesses]

At a former company they performed a hemorrhoid transplant that was a success at first...

They transfered a pain in the ass manager to our location...

The body did reject it over time but it was harvested and used somewhere else...

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Those are called assteroids. Every company has one.

 

[johnnyc14]

Not that talking about our aging bodies isn't fun but I figure I'd try to steer this thread back to shop projects. LOL

I made a little more progress on this mongrel bike. I bought a partial sheet of .040" aluminum to make an exhaust heat shield and some side covers with. First I mounted the muffler and inlet pipes in the mill and cut some slots so the clamps can tighten down onto the inner pipe.



Then I made up 2 brackets that bolt to the mounts I welded to the back side of the pipes earlier.











Then I made a cardboard template to get the bolt hole spacing for the heat shield.



I cut a piece of the aluminum sheet and screwed it by the 4 corners to a piece of 2" X 12" lumber and transferred the template holes onto the sheet metal.





I bent a small piece of sheet metal to work out how I was going to bend the heat shield.



I drilled the mounting holes and then a pattern of decorative holes then I lost my head a bit and experimented with some swirly pattern stuff using a Roloc disc.



I took the piece to work and put into the metal brake to add some bends to fit around the pipes.



I didn't take into account that the heat from using the Roloc Disc would work harden the aluminum and it cracked on the bends. A couple of off color words were uttered. Lesson learned.



I decided to take a break from the heat shield and work on the side covers. I'm going for a slimmer look than the bulbous stock covers give. I used some more of the sheet aluminum. I cut off the old seat latch and re-worked the stock side cover brackets with some heat and pliers then made up some backing nuts from short pieces of 1/4", threaded to 6mm. I spot welded the nuts to the back of the frame tabs.









I also drilled out the spot welds on the lower side cover retainer brackets and welded nut into them as well.

 

[johnnyc14]

I installed the battery box and carbs to check clearances and made up some more cardboard templates. I originally made cut outs around the air filters but later decided to space the side panels out to provide air filter clearance.

You'll notice I painted my cracked heat shield to see how black would look. I kind of like it that way.





After the cardboard templates were made to fit I cut the aluminum sheet and made up some spacers to go behind 2 of the 3 bolts on each cover for correct fit.





I took the covers to work and put a small bend at the top of each on and also bent up my second attempt at a heat shield and bead blasted all 3 parts. No cracked sheet metal this time! All three parts will probably get painted.

 

[rwm]

I was inspidered by another thread:



Perfect for making washers.

Robert

 

[rwm]

Really cool video!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1258554800831976

Who's gonna cut some of these on their CNC in aluminum???
Robert

 

[Dan_S]

I finished up the studs that mount the change gears for my banjo project. The only think left to do is make some custom nuts, and a few random odds and ends.