[TheForge] sticking stents in veins ( was Re: PFO closure and swinging a hammer ) & Tom Clark

[Ron Childers]

I guess I got us a bit off topic but we do know more about our hearts. I
taught classes all weekend in Barberville and didn't run out of steam.
But I had to help out a fellow teacher whose hands cramped up really
bad.

The cure for a cramping tong holding hand is something to hold the reins
so you don't have a death grip to hold the work. I obviously don't have
that problem but I stick them into a slightly ovaled piece of conduit.
It seems to be accepted practice and several professional smiths use it
to save the tong hand after seeing the sections of pipe I use. On the
other hand, the Uri Hofi/Tom Clark technique tends to save the arm &
hammer hand as they preach a looser grip and good control. There is a
video on it and it is worth the money. As much as Tom and I butted heads
he was a really great teacher and I do miss him. There are numerous TC
stories- with mine and a few others we could write a book. 
Ron



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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lincoln Farish
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 12:09 PM
To: terry l. ridder; Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] sticking stents in veins ( was Re: PFO closure
and swinging a hammer )

Superior means up (above the heart)  in this case, the inferior vena
cava goes down towards the legs.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 11:50 AM, terry l. ridder
<terrylr at blauedonau.com>wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 wmullett at bright.net wrote:
>
> > Interesting -  So that others are not mislead.
> >
> > Inferior is the NAME - not a quality.  And the article recommends
> removing the temporary devices when they are no longer needed.
> >
>
> i would like to know who named that vein, "inferior vena cava".
> given its purpose it does not strike me as being "inferior".
> or am i missing something in the naming scheme?
>
> Note that the vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the upper 
> half of the body is the superior vena cava.
>
> so why is it "superior"?
>
> >
>
>