The post whore thread.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Thanks, I think I'll be able to sleep. Face is starting to swell though.

He must have really done a good job on the root canal last time, because I took a single Vicodin after the surgery and everything felt fine after that. This is a different deal. I got enough meds that it's way more tolerable and I'm not ready to go off on the smallest thing. Feeling much better now. Thanks for the well wishes so far everyone. Between trying not to laugh during the surgery (I had a funny thought), I was just thanking God that I didn't have to go through this in 1820 or something.

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You have bad visions of someone standing on a stool, yanking a few teeth with a nail puller?
The only thing done differently in 2019 is. Cleaner offices, pain numbing injections and the tools are sterilized.

Todays advancements are interesting. They snap an x-ray and see it immediately. Back in the 60's and 70's they take an x-ray and it would be another 10-15 mins in the chair while they developed the film. Weighted down by who knows how many pounds of a lead apron.

Either way a root canal is no fun, or is have a few teeth pulled.

Good point. Dental tech has come a long way in my lifetime. Instant X-rays with a sensor and a laptop. Digital images of cavities and work performed. High-tech polymer fillings that don't require significant tooth drilling for mechanical bonds and mercury amalgam fillings. Those amalgam fillings eventually led to cracking teeth and more issues.

My wife had a similar procedure to the fun Irving went through. Had multiple root canals on the same upper tooth that would continue to get infected. She had an unusual root that they were unable to access from the crown and had to go in from the bottom/gums. Not fun.

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Originally Posted by Gman

Good point. Dental tech has come a long way in my lifetime. Instant X-rays with a sensor and a laptop. Digital images of cavities and work performed. High-tech polymer fillings that don't require significant tooth drilling for mechanical bonds and mercury amalgam fillings. Those amalgam fillings eventually led to cracking teeth and more issues.

My wife had a similar procedure to the fun Irving went through. Had multiple root canals on the same upper tooth that would continue to get infected. She had an unusual root that they were unable to access from the crown and had to go in from the bottom/gums. Not fun.

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Every year when I do my taxes, the IRS goes in through my butthole. Talk about pain.

http://youtu.be/h_IEk12RyZ8

Hopefully this holds up better than those dumb hooks I tried the first time. Still getting some undercut on the edges though.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/PP...G=w889-h500-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7W...=w1112-h625-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IE...=w1112-h625-no

Using a hand punch to get through 1/4" steel is no joke! I actually pulled a stitch in my mouth doing the first one.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aA...=w1112-h625-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mV...=w1112-h625-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Sl...-=w889-h500-no

Hand press in question.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kk...A=w834-h625-no

This seems like a potentially useful website.

https://www.repurposedmaterialsinc.com/index.php?p=home

Tack the ends, weld down sides. Don't try to go around ends. Small parts/edges heat up faster. Work both parts same time, alternate passes.

Am not a trained welder, just my own observations over the years.

Definitely seems like trying to weld around the corners was unnecessary.

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Originally Posted by Irving

This seems like a potentially useful website.

https://www.repurposedmaterialsinc.com/index.php?p=home

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You'll have to drive to Dallas to pick up the personal lubricant.

https://www.repurposedmaterialsinc.c...nal-lubricant/