Brian C. Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Check out Dad's latest project at http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/13280685.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Hammers Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Bryan, it's early ( well, kinda ). Is your Dad the Vet that made the prostetic ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian C. Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 Ten Hammers, No Dad is not a vet. Dad is a retired orthotist. He spent 50 years making orthopaedic braces for people. A vet sketched this brace for the dog & Dad made it (he told me that if he had designed it, it would have had metal hinges in it). He has also made complete leg prothsesis (sp) for high dollar horses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I once had a nice talk with a fellow who had been the smith for the orthos at a big hospital during WWII. Made a lot of custom ironware to help things keep oriented right during healing. He told me that the large anvil was still in the basement of that hospital---never managed to get a way to it... Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian C. Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 Thomas, Dad told me that the first job they learned how to do in the brace business was how to forge joints (knee, ankle, etc.). Start each morning with six 5/8" bars, heat & beat all day. When you became good at that, then you learned how to do something else. Wish I had been interested in smithing before he retired and let a lot of tools, gadgets, & fixtures get away. :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian C. Posted December 12, 2005 Author Share Posted December 12, 2005 He has been at it again. Told me yesterday that he had made a leg brace for a jack russell dog. The whole thing was shorter than his forefinger, a real tedious piece of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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