My New Titanium Frame!!!

winnard said:

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Feeling great, I'll be able to ride in about 8 more weeks.

Did they use a torque wrench on those bolts?!?

Bill "impressed" S.

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winnard said:

http://www.members.cox.net/8track1/neck3.jpg

Feeling great, I'll be able to ride in about 8 more weeks.

Did they use a torque wrench on those bolts?!?

Bill "impressed" S.

For what they charged, they should have a solid gold torque wrench!
They probably used a DeWalt cordless spine driver.

winnard

winnard said:

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winnard said:

http://www.members.cox.net/8track1/neck3.jpg

Feeling great, I'll be able to ride in about 8 more weeks.

Did they use a torque wrench on those bolts?!?

Bill "impressed" S.

For what they charged, they should have a solid gold torque wrench!
They probably used a DeWalt cordless spine driver.

for the pilot holes:

http://www1.stryker.com/instruments/surgicalpowertools/system5.htm

The screws go in by hand, no torque wrench.

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Bill Sornson said:

winnard said:

http://www.members.cox.net/8track1/neck3.jpg

Feeling great, I'll be able to ride in about 8 more weeks.

Did they use a torque wrench on those bolts?!?

Bill "impressed" S.

Dear Bill,

Sometimes they do:

http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article2552.html

http://www.specialtyortho.com/news_hip.htm

In the field of dental impants, torque wrenches are more
common.

The problem is that human bone is not nearly as uniform a
material as metal, bone changes with age, and the surgeon is
usually working on something that wore out and failed in the
first place.

The last problem explains why survival rates are so high for
wounded soldiers--the surgeons are working on young, fresh,
high-quality material, so to speak, and can hope for
excellent results when cutting and stitching trauma-torn
pieces back together. (And the young heal better.)

In contrast, surgeons working on more typical patients are
dealing with worn-out material and trying to splice around
the worst problems. (And the old don't heal nearly as well.)

If, for example, you need an arterial graft because a piece
of flying metal removed a few inches of a healthy artery,
things will probably go well.

But if you need an arterial graft because you suffer from
generalized arterial disease, things become much more iffy.

Carl Fogel

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For what they charged, they should have a solid gold torque wrench!
They probably used a DeWalt cordless spine driver.

At least it wasn't a nail gun. (:

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winnard said:

http://www.members.cox.net/8track1/neck3.jpg

Feeling great, I'll be able to ride in about 8 more weeks.

Pah...I would have pushed for tantalum, just because it sounds cooler.

winnard said:

http://www.members.cox.net/8track1/neck3.jpg

Feeling great, I'll be able to ride in about 8 more weeks.

winnard

Now *that's* a compact frame. Is that down tube double-butted?

(Welcome back. Looks like you'll be in business soon. Good luck!)

/Robert

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Quoted message said:

http://www1.stryker.com/instruments/surgicalpowertools/system5.htm

The screws go in by hand, no torque wrench.

Stryker makes a torque wrench for this application (together with an "anti-
torque handle"😉 which simply has two lines which line up at the appropriate
torque.

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(or rotate by -4)

winnard said:

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Feeling great, I'll be able to ride in about 8 more weeks.

winnard

So what happened to you that made doctors put screws into you?

Kenny Lee

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winnard said:

http://www.members.cox.net/8track1/neck3.jpg

Feeling great, I'll be able to ride in about 8 more weeks.

winnard

So what happened to you that made doctors put screws into you?

Not really sure. I woke up July 12th and couldn't move my left arm and
shoulder without screaming. There were two blown out disks and a vertebra
with a bone spur stuck into the spinal cord. The relief I have now is
incredible.

winnard

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winnard said:

http://www.members.cox.net/8track1/neck3.jpg

Feeling great, I'll be able to ride in about 8 more weeks.

winnard

Now *that's* a compact frame. Is that down tube double-butted?

(Welcome back. Looks like you'll be in business soon. Good luck!)

Thanks!

winnard

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So what happened to you that made doctors put screws into you?

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Not really sure. I woke up July 12th and couldn't move my left arm
and shoulder without screaming. There were two blown out disks and
a vertebra with a bone spur stuck into the spinal cord. The relief I
have now is incredible.

Wow, that's scary. I woke up about 4 months ago with severe pain in my
lower left back -- for no apparent reason -- and have been living with it in
varying degrees ever since. Gradually getting better overall, but still
bothers me a lot quite often.

Glad your operation helped!

Bill "not that bad...yet" S.

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winnard said:

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Quoted message said:

So what happened to you that made doctors put screws into you?

Quoted message said:

Not really sure. I woke up July 12th and couldn't move my left arm
and shoulder without screaming. There were two blown out disks and
a vertebra with a bone spur stuck into the spinal cord. The relief I
have now is incredible.

Wow, that's scary. I woke up about 4 months ago with severe pain in my
lower left back -- for no apparent reason -- and have been living with it

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varying degrees ever since. Gradually getting better overall, but still
bothers me a lot quite often.

You might oughtta get that looked at. I was treating mine as a pulled
muscle for 4 weeks. I could've took a small blow to the head, one that
would normally just ring your bell, and I'd been really screwed. This
episode has taught me it's time to listen to my body, I'll be 40 sooner than
I want to.

winnard

qtq said:

Stryker makes a torque wrench for this application (together with an "anti-
torque handle"😉 which simply has two lines which line up at the appropriate
torque.

Yeah, but does anybody use it?

On 07 Oct 2004 21:33:59 -0500, Jim Smith <[email hidden]>

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qtq said:

Stryker makes a torque wrench for this application (together with an "anti-
torque handle"😉 which simply has two lines which line up at the appropriate
torque.

Yeah, but does anybody use it?

I thought you were talking about:

"to email me, run my email address through /usr/bin/caesar
(or rotate by -4)"

Life's too damn short!

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Stryker makes a torque wrench for this application (together with an
"anti- torque handle"😉 which simply has two lines which line up at the
appropriate torque.

Yeah, but does anybody use it?

My wife works in the O.R. of a huge hospital and frequently does surgery on
the neck: I asked her. they turn in the screws/bolts by hand, but at the
end use a torque wrench.

Greets, Derk

Derk said:

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Quoted message said:

> Stryker makes a torque wrench for this application (together with an
> "anti- torque handle"😉 which simply has two lines which line up at the
> appropriate torque.

Yeah, but does anybody use it?

My wife works in the O.R. of a huge hospital and frequently does surgery on
the neck: I asked her. they turn in the screws/bolts by hand, but at the
end use a torque wrench.

Greets, Derk

Dear Derk,

I always torqued my neck bolts carefully and found that it
helped me outlive my friends:

http://www.eonline.com/Features/Features/Halloween2000/Hollywood/karloff.html

Sorry, no time to look up the exact values--have to hurry
home to water my friends and roses.

BIlly Pratt