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I’ve been pretty absent from the forum lately and man…have I missed it.
About three weeks ago, I was on task in “Santa’s Workshop” building a Christmas gift for a friend. I was working with a table saw and there it was…the loud ‘crack’. In the same second I heard the noise I was looking down at my damaged fingers with the realization that it was time to go to the hospital.
To make a long story short, after surgery three days later, some healing, and some therapy left to go…I still have ten fingers, length wise anyway, and will still have full function, less the top knuckle on my middle finger, which now has a pin holding it together. Oh…and I won’t be getting any gigs as a hand model, as I have a couple of fingers that aren’t as ‘handsome’ as they once were. I was blessed because it could have been much worse. I’ll never play piano again but I never played piano before either.
To make things worse, a few days after the injury I contracted what I suspect was COVID, followed by my wife doing the same. I didn’t test but had the same symptoms and she tested positive.
Finally today, I feel kind of like myself again.
In any case, I made a discovery during my Alpine absence and I understand the first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. Hi…my name is Tod and I’m addicted to Sunbeams.
It’s depressed me to not be able to just walk into my warehouse, start my little Alpine up, and listen to it run for a while and I didn’t feel much like even getting online to look at the forum or social media BUT my Alpine therapy is on the way! The last time I drove it before the accident, I developed an oil cooler line leak. My dad remedied that for me while I’ve been incapacitated, so now it’s on to other projects. Santa brought me a British Starters, hi torque unit and I used some Christmas cash I received and ordered a Pertronix distributor. The distributor wasn’t a necessity but the rest of my ignition system is Pertronix, so I thought I’d make it complete, partially based on the thought that consistency in the make may provide some level of increased performance AND probably more based on some quirkiness of my OCD.
My dad has had good luck with Pertronix for over thirty years (one failed coil) and I have as well since becoming a Sunbeamer myself. Whether correct or not, this isn’t a technical post anyway and the projects allow me (in probably a couple more weeks) to get my hands greasy again but even more than that, I’m back here to interact with, learn from, and enjoy the banter of my fellow Sunbeamers.
A belated Happy New Year to all. I’ve missed you and it’s GREAT to be back!
Here’s a pic of my car…just because.
About three weeks ago, I was on task in “Santa’s Workshop” building a Christmas gift for a friend. I was working with a table saw and there it was…the loud ‘crack’. In the same second I heard the noise I was looking down at my damaged fingers with the realization that it was time to go to the hospital.
To make a long story short, after surgery three days later, some healing, and some therapy left to go…I still have ten fingers, length wise anyway, and will still have full function, less the top knuckle on my middle finger, which now has a pin holding it together. Oh…and I won’t be getting any gigs as a hand model, as I have a couple of fingers that aren’t as ‘handsome’ as they once were. I was blessed because it could have been much worse. I’ll never play piano again but I never played piano before either.
To make things worse, a few days after the injury I contracted what I suspect was COVID, followed by my wife doing the same. I didn’t test but had the same symptoms and she tested positive.
Finally today, I feel kind of like myself again.
In any case, I made a discovery during my Alpine absence and I understand the first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. Hi…my name is Tod and I’m addicted to Sunbeams.
It’s depressed me to not be able to just walk into my warehouse, start my little Alpine up, and listen to it run for a while and I didn’t feel much like even getting online to look at the forum or social media BUT my Alpine therapy is on the way! The last time I drove it before the accident, I developed an oil cooler line leak. My dad remedied that for me while I’ve been incapacitated, so now it’s on to other projects. Santa brought me a British Starters, hi torque unit and I used some Christmas cash I received and ordered a Pertronix distributor. The distributor wasn’t a necessity but the rest of my ignition system is Pertronix, so I thought I’d make it complete, partially based on the thought that consistency in the make may provide some level of increased performance AND probably more based on some quirkiness of my OCD.
My dad has had good luck with Pertronix for over thirty years (one failed coil) and I have as well since becoming a Sunbeamer myself. Whether correct or not, this isn’t a technical post anyway and the projects allow me (in probably a couple more weeks) to get my hands greasy again but even more than that, I’m back here to interact with, learn from, and enjoy the banter of my fellow Sunbeamers.
A belated Happy New Year to all. I’ve missed you and it’s GREAT to be back!
Here’s a pic of my car…just because.