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Impact wrench chain support arm.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...109#post203366
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...875#post198569
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...224#post195929
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...020#post120222
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...188#post145742
Such devices are quite useful to those of us who are aged, of small stature, infirm, et cetera. Fifty years ago, I wouldn't have had a problem with a tool like the one she's using directly, and preferred to avoid aids like hers. Now my back and neck are wrecked, my knees likewise, and my hips, both hips, are artificial due to the damage I've taken in those years. I've avoided further surgeries, but one day I'm going to be a much closer approximation of the Six Million Dollar Man than I am now. You young folks take care of your skeletons. You're likely to need them for a long time!
Bill
Small stature or not how much would anyone like to bet that young lady had removed that tire broke it down and repaired it then remounted it before re installing it by herself?
I would add to your bet that she COULD do that same job without the aid of the support. She just could not do it an many times in a day!!!!
And as WmR says, there is no sense wearing yourself out if you can avoid it.
Yep its called work smarter not harderQuote:
Originally Posted by hemmjo
Any tool that will reduce fatigue, that is the risk of injury, without excessively diminishing efficiency is a good tool.
I had a friend who used a shovel with about a 4.5" X 6" spade for irrigating. Naturally, she was scorned and scoffed at by the bigger, tougher hands on the ranch for using a girly shovel. At the end of the day, she had irrigated more acres, more precisely than all the old hands, day after day. Yep, she used a tool that fit her and got 'er done.
Geez Bill. Sounds like you've had a rough go. Do we need to make one of these chain things just to keep you upright?Quote:
Originally Posted by WmRMeyers
Also there is a non-zero chance that I just bought the CNC machine that made your artificial hips. Are they titanium and were they made by Wright Medical between 2008 and 2020?
I wouldn't bet against her. My oldest sister rebuilds 350 ci (5.7L) chevy engines for fun, or so I've heard. She's not a little girl, but If I were you, I wouldn't get between her and anything she wants to do, either. I watched her mom fight my dad to a standstill more than once, and I figured if I was going to fight him I'd have to shoot him 4 or 5 time to even things up. NO WAY am I going to fight her mom or her. I'm crazy, but I am not stupid!Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
My Right hip is 4.5lbs of Chrome-Moly steel, with a zirconia ceramic ball and HDPE sleeve for the ball in the joint. Left hip joint is about half the size, but still, IIRC, steel. No ceramic ball, AFAIK. I'd have to go dig deep to find the info on what they installed, and might not find it. Still works, that's all I'm worried about just now. If you ever want a seriously crazy project for your CNC machines, I really want a left-handed 1911 .45ACP pistol. The truly crazy part, of course is I want all the lettering of the marking reversed, as well. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nova_robotics
I'm in Canada. I would go to jail for 700 years. 10,000 years if I shipped any gun parts across the border.Quote:
Originally Posted by WmRMeyers
But you could manufacture and ship drugs with vey little chance of winning a vacation of any length in the luxurious GrayBar Hotel.Quote:
Originally Posted by nova_robotics
Stinks to be you, I guess. Hopefully, Justin Castreau will leave office and some slightly more sensible folks take his place. My Canadian ancestors moved a bit south, for some reason, but the French and Indian in my bloodlines come from a trapper and his native wife. Pretty sure he'd have laughed if anyone said anything about turning in their guns. OTH, that was then and this is now. Stay out of trouble!Quote:
Originally Posted by nova_robotics