Train wreck F-20

[davismanLV]

Chris would know. I'd follow his lead.....

 

[RBSinTo]

I really want to get going on this project, now that I've got the clamps and some really good advice on order of operations and such, but have decided to put off starting until the spring because there is no room in the house where I can do the sanding and staining. And right now daily temperatures are hovering around zero so it is impractical to work in the garage, where I usually do this sort of work. So as requested, when it warms up enough for me to get going, I'll start a new thread, and show my progress.
Meanwhile, if I think of any other potential problems or pitfalls, I'll continue to drive you all crazy with my questions.
RBSinTo

 

[Opsimath]

And right now daily temperatures are hovering around zero
RBSinTo

 

[RBSinTo]

Cynthia
There is nothing extraordinary about temperatures like this here during the winter.
I get up every morning at 5:45, and walk 6-1/2 miles, which takes me almost exactly two hours.
This morning, when I left the house it was about minus two, and with the wind chill felt like minus nine, so I put up the hood on my ski jacket. Easy-peasy.
RBSinTo

 

[chazmo]

Stay warm, RBSinTo. Looking forward to your build in the spring.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

I get up every morning at 5:45, and walk 6-1/2 miles, which takes me almost exactly two hours.
RBSinTo

That means you're walking at 3.25 mph (5.23 kph). That is a brisk walk!

 

[fronobulax]

That is a brisk walk!

That is the right kind of walk for sub-zero wind chills whether Fahrenheit or Centigrade ;-)

 

[RBSinTo]

That means you're walking at 3.25 mph (5.23 kph). That is a brisk walk!

Not bad for an old guy.
I'm 73, had my right hip replaced two years ago, and have had four knee surgeries over the last 40 years for torn cartilages caused by playing hockey (I'm a goalie) and after the surgeon cleared me to resume playing, still play three times a week with people up to 50 years younger.
The walks started last February, after I was recovering from surgery to repair torn Achilles and both Peroneal tendons in my left leg, which I slashed with a Machete (!!!!!). My weight had balloned to 216, (I'm only 5'-9") and I knew if I didn't lose weight, I'd likely never play again.
In 17 weeks with a change of eating habits and exercise I lost 54 lbs and walk every day to help keep it off.
Didn't do squat to improve my guitar playing, but you can't have everything.
RBSinTo

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Didn't do squat to improve my guitar playing, but you can't have everything.
RBSinTo

Losing weight sort of ruined my Bass playing! In losing all the fat in my fingers it now is painful to play! It's just bone on the strings!

 

[Opsimath]

Cynthia
There is nothing extraordinary about temperatures like this here during the winter.
I get up every morning at 5:45, and walk 6-1/2 miles, which takes me almost exactly two hours.
This morning, when I left the house it was about minus two, and with the wind chill felt like minus nine, so I put up the hood on my ski jacket. Easy-peasy.
RBSinTo

It may not be unusual but it's still cold! I think the coldest I was ever in was a wind chill of -20 F. in Iceland. We were waiting for a bus at a stop near the apartment. It was more than I chose to bear, went back inside.

Looking forward to your guitar build in the spring!

 

[tommym]

Not bad for an old guy.
I'm 73, had my right hip replaced two years ago, and have had four knee surgeries over the last 40 years for torn cartilages caused by playing hockey (I'm a goalie) and after the surgeon cleared me to resume playing, still play three times a week with people up to 50 years younger.
The walks started last February, after I was recovering from surgery to repair torn Achilles and both Peroneal tendons in my left leg, which I slashed with a Machete (!!!!!). My weight had balloned to 216, (I'm only 5'-9") and I knew if I didn't lose weight, I'd likely never play again.
In 17 weeks with a change of eating habits and exercise I lost 54 lbs and walk every day to help keep it off.
Didn't do squat to improve my guitar playing, but you can't have everything.
RBSinTo

Darn, I'm 60 and 5'-7" (on a good day) and trying to get back down to 135 (from 155) to reduce the strain on my ankles, knees, and hips. I felt my best and had the most bounce in my step at 135, but that was almost 20 years ago. Still, it's a long-term goal I'm aiming for. I am looking at losing 5 lbs a year for the next four years. I walk a lot but need to find better quality walking street shoes. My days of wearing my beloved cordovan wingtip dress shoes seem to be numbered.

Tommy

 

[tommym]

Cynthia
There is nothing extraordinary about temperatures like this here during the winter.
I get up every morning at 5:45, and walk 6-1/2 miles, which takes me almost exactly two hours.
This morning, when I left the house it was about minus two, and with the wind chill felt like minus nine, so I put up the hood on my ski jacket. Easy-peasy.
RBSinTo

Where I live in the tropics I put on a ski jacket with the wind chill factor takes it down to 70.



Tommy

 

[RBSinTo]

Darn, I'm 60 and 5'-7" (on a good day) and trying to get back down to 135 (from 155) to reduce the strain on my ankles, knees, and hips. I felt my best and had the most bounce in my step at 135, but that was almost 20 years ago. Still, it's a long-term goal I'm aiming for. I am looking at losing 5 lbs a year for the next four years. I walk a lot but need to find better quality walking street shoes. My days of wearing my beloved cordovan wingtip dress shoes seem to be numbered.

Tommy

tommym,
The improvement in the way your back and lower joints will feel when you've shed the weight will be astonishing.
Good luck with it.
RBSinTo

 

[RBSinTo]

Where I live in the tropics I put on a ski jacket with the wind chill factor takes it down to 70.



Tommy

Tommy,
The Floridians always know who the Snowbirds and tourists are because we're the ones wearing shorts and tee-shirts when the mercury plunges down to 65 degrees F. and they're all wearing sweaters, jackets and long pants.
As Al Einstein said in 1905, "It's all relative".
I saw one of the "regulars", a runner, this morning while on my walk, and he was wearing shorts, but to be fair, because after all, it was minus 2 with a wind chill that made it feel like minus 9, his tee-shirt did have long sleeves, and he was wearing some sort of bandanna wrapped around his shaved head. Probably because he just moved here from some place warmer.
RBSinTo

 

[Nuuska]

Where I live in the tropics I put on a ski jacket with the wind chill factor takes it down to 70.



Tommy

Reminds me of summer 1974 - I was in England - Torquay - sitting in a bar at counter w only t-shirt on upper body - wishing it would be at least 3C cooler to be bearable. Next to me was a black guy shivering in long sleeves - he was from Caribbean - he was wishing for at least 3C more.

We had good time laughing about it

 

[tommym]

tommym,
The improvement in the way your back and lower joints will feel when you've shed the weight will be astonishing.
Good luck with it.
RBSinTo

One of the rehab centers once offered a seminar on the benefits of weight reduction on the skeletal structure. It was pretty cool. They suited us up with abdominal/back supports to demonstrate how much strength we had lost in these areas and the impact on our spine and posture. We were all surprised. They also placed us in a rehab rig typically use for people who had suffered some loss of mobility in the lower limbs. In our case, they reduced the amount of weight on our legs by the amount of our body weight that was considered excessive. Again, we were all surprised by the immediate relief in pressure and pain on our joints. Good stuff!

Tommy

 

[Opsimath]

Where I live in the tropics I put on a ski jacket with the wind chill factor takes it down to 70.



Tommy

70 is most definitely marginal! But ask me again in June, July, and August what temperature I prefer. 70 will be looking pretty good then!

 

[RBSinTo]

70 is most definitely marginal! But ask me again in June, July, and August what temperature I prefer. 70 will be looking pretty good then!

Cynthia,
I suffered from un-diagnosed Graves Disease (a hyperthyroid condition) for 50 years, and was always hot and sweaty, such that I was only comfortable in cold weather, and would often wear only a thin windbreaker on the ice while coaching. Even today, 70 F. is about as warm a temperature as I like.
RBSinTo

 

[marius]

Every time I see this thread comes back to the top, I stop in to see if there is anything new about the F-20.

Am I the only one who feels like this thread should be split in two? The culmination of a great guitar resurrection thread is now buried in 70 posts of veer.

 

[RBSinTo]

Every time I see this thread comes back to the top, I stop in to see if there is anything new about the F-20.

Am I the only one who feels like this thread should be split in two? The culmination of a great guitar resurrection thread is now buried in 70 posts of veer.

marius,
Unless the Luthier steps on it, just to keep the project going, I'd suggest it is pretty clear that the resurrection of the F-20 was completed.
So yes the thread has veered off topic (for which I must take a large portion of blame), but so what?
In my experience, very few threads stay pure and true to the original topic, but sooner or later succumb to a sort of "broken telephone" syndrome, and go off in other directions.
Not worth splitting off the first part of this thread in my opinion, so put me down for a "no".
RBSinTo