Dust Mite
1st August 2006, 05:01 PM
I didnt go to work today, didnt get a lot of sleep.
I thought I had ruptured a vein in my right leg just above the knee. Very sore and felt like I had been bruised hard.
Turns out old age is finally starting to catch up with me. The diagnosis was varicose veins in the medial leg area both above , around and behind the knee. I had been doing a lot of kneeling and squatting down at work yesterday and this coupled with years of heavy lifting has caused some vein damage.
By lunch time I was bored silly so decided to wander out to the shed for a bit of a muck about. Anything to kill the boredom.
I did this over a period of a couple of hours. After that I started to get a little sore again and stopped.
The vise jaw and back plate are made from jarrah. A chap I did a job for donated it. I said thanks, but until today didnt have a use for it.
The vice is old. I have yet to identify it as it has no markings and doesnt bear any resemblance to the vises produced in the last 50 or 60 years. Would love to know where it is from. The cabinetmaker that gave it to me is Swedish so it may be a european vise.
I decided to fit the hardware for the vise
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c388/KiwiGremlin/workbench%202/bench014Medium.jpg
All bolted down and aligned
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c388/KiwiGremlin/workbench%202/bench017Medium.jpg
I placed the jaw face in place and meaured the full opening. With the vice face 50mm thick it left 180mm of travel. Plenty for all but the biggest jobs.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c388/KiwiGremlin/workbench%202/bench021Medium.jpg
And heres a view right side up
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c388/KiwiGremlin/workbench%202/bench026Medium.jpg
I thought I had ruptured a vein in my right leg just above the knee. Very sore and felt like I had been bruised hard.
Turns out old age is finally starting to catch up with me. The diagnosis was varicose veins in the medial leg area both above , around and behind the knee. I had been doing a lot of kneeling and squatting down at work yesterday and this coupled with years of heavy lifting has caused some vein damage.
By lunch time I was bored silly so decided to wander out to the shed for a bit of a muck about. Anything to kill the boredom.
I did this over a period of a couple of hours. After that I started to get a little sore again and stopped.
The vise jaw and back plate are made from jarrah. A chap I did a job for donated it. I said thanks, but until today didnt have a use for it.
The vice is old. I have yet to identify it as it has no markings and doesnt bear any resemblance to the vises produced in the last 50 or 60 years. Would love to know where it is from. The cabinetmaker that gave it to me is Swedish so it may be a european vise.
I decided to fit the hardware for the vise
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c388/KiwiGremlin/workbench%202/bench014Medium.jpg
All bolted down and aligned
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c388/KiwiGremlin/workbench%202/bench017Medium.jpg
I placed the jaw face in place and meaured the full opening. With the vice face 50mm thick it left 180mm of travel. Plenty for all but the biggest jobs.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c388/KiwiGremlin/workbench%202/bench021Medium.jpg
And heres a view right side up
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c388/KiwiGremlin/workbench%202/bench026Medium.jpg