"AL A" wrote in message
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In order to observe and celebrate the positive outcome of Don's recent
medical procedures, I would like to share a little project that I
completed a recently. (Drum roll, please....)Presenting the amazing,
one-of-a-kind..........

.....DEFIBRILLATOR COFFEE TABLE!!!!!!:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...d/IMG_2622.jpg

That is a real, but old defib machine. It was actually working* when I
got it out of an old barn, where it had been stored for many years for
some reason.

The legs are textile loom spindles. The only "metalworking" involved was
that I made the little brass feet at the bottom of the spindles. They are
threaded, and there is 3/8-16 all-thread rod up the middle of the spindles
into the bottom of the unit. According to my son-in-law (who is a graphic
artist) it has a "steampunk" look to it.

That's great. It's funny you should mention steampunk -- as I've followed
Don's adventures I've been thinking that a weldor and metalworker's implant
should be done steampunk style, with copper plumbing and maybe a carbide
lamp, with old-time analog guages and a spinning-ball governor on top,
felt-wick oilers with spring-loaded caps, and a brass box on the side to
hold the white lead and whetstone. d8-)

--
Ed Huntress