And again ! :)

[trikerpete]

  had a frustrating afternoon standing outside of my shed while a mate was inside using my welder to weld my chassis
im very grateful to him for all is great work, i can get on with some other bits now....until i need more welding done 

photo to follow (merv)

[merv]

Glad you're getting on with things Pete, you cant be that bad if your taking the mick out of me and pictures, only joking, you just keep getting better. Would you mind me asking why you cant electric weld, just so I have a better understanding what has effected you.
All the best from one monkey to another

[Manky Monkey]

A mate who can weld is a fine friend indeed.

[gazzagood]

Well done Pete nice to c u getting it made up still. And it's  very nice to have mates to help out.
Take it easy don't try to do to much to fast. There's always tomorrow 
Gaz

[trikerpete]

Merv, pull up a chair  
I was admitted to hospital with erratic heartbeat which resulted in me having an ICD (Impantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) put into my chest. The lower chambers of heart were beating out of sync to the top ones. My ICD is both defibrillator & pacemaker combined to keep heart beating at correct rate. Without it my heart rate is only now 35 to 40 beats per minute due to problems while in operating theatre. The first thing they did to me was run a "cable" up through a vein in my thigh into my heart to "zap" some cells to try and rectify the heartbeats, sadly they zapped to many hence my now very low heartbeats. 2nd thing they did was to fit 1 wire into my heart linked to a pacemaker gaffer taped to my right shoulder/chest....that concluded the day after 6.5 hrs in surgery. Rested in bed for couple days then back to theatre for round 2, this entailed have 2 wires screwed into my heart and the ICD put into a small pocket (think, chicken kiev?) in my left shoulder/chest. When that was done they removed the pacemaker from my right side along with the single wire, ripping the sticky tape off hurt the most All this was done while I was awake under local anesthetic, the surgeon hesitated before he cut me open and I asked what his problem was only to be told "Im thinking were I can cut without damaging any of your tattoos!" What a thoughtful man he was
They sent me home next day as all was well. Now, the reason I cant use electric welder is because ive not got a shilling for the meter

[trikerpete]

  the real answer is because of the electrical/magnetic field produced. Im not allowed to be in same room as anyone electric welding. Also not to use petrol chainsaws / plasma cutters or go through airport scanners, MRI machines all for same reasons. Have to be very careful working on engines incase I get shock of sparkplugs..Been told not to hang around in supermarket doorways either...but that may be for other reasons
About a month ago my defibrillator "kicked in" and gave me one hell of a belt, I had no warning it was going to happen so that was a shock in its self. I was stood in our kitchen with a plastic bottle in my hand which flew across the room, my shoulder/arm muscles ached for 2 or 3 hours afterwards. The crazy bit about it was that I was due to go to hospital 3 days later to have them check if it was working ok.....that appointment got cancelled
 

[trikerpete]

Whoops nearly forgot the photo for Merv 

[trikerpete]

Small wound 

[trikerpete]

Healed wound 

[trikerpete]

Just have a lump, about size of swan vesta matchbox, under my skin 

[Manky Monkey]

So will you be O.K riding the trike Pete? No problems with sitting near a running engine?

[merv]

Flipping heck Pete, I suppose it is a small price to pay for your heart to keep ticking, at least you seem to have a very good mate to do your welding for you even if it is a bit inconvenient.
Take it easy mate

[Manky Monkey]

"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. Faster, stronger, better than before..."

[gazzagood]

That frame looking veryyy nice Pete
Come to think about it that surgeon made nice job of your shoulder
You Want to ask him how he is at cutting tube. Then you can invite him round to do it for ya
Gaz

[trikerpete]

"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. Faster, stronger, better than before..."

slimmer would be good