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For those folks interested in Murph's possible condition,

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/vasovagal-syncope/basics/definition/con-20026900

And yes, being an EMT, I naturally tend to go looking up info to refresh my memory on medical conditions.

An example of this happening in a "non-medical, mechanically induced" situation is where someone stands in place for a long period of time (military formation, band member or concert goer standing too long, etc) with their knees locked, which I know Murph knows better than to do.
 
Guyon said:
Murph has chronic vaginal retrograde? Are you sure? I was under the impression his condition is minor.
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Ya gotta think in Latin for this one....:D

Vaso => vascular system, i.e., in this situation, veins in the abdomen and legs

vagal => refers to signals being promulgated from the brain via the Vagus nerve (10th of 12 cranial nerves), which controls digestion and blood pressure, among other functions.

A couple of ways that the body regulates blood pressure are:
- by sending signals to the heart telling it to not pump as much blood (basically turning down the RPMs of the pump motor)
or
- telling the major veins in the body(which return blood to the heart from the legs and abdomen) to distend, or relax and get larger to be able to hold more blood (adds more volume to the distribution system).

When this occurs, the venous "pipes" of the lower body effectively get bigger and can hold more volume, but since the volume of blood within the body remains constant (except when bleeding out) the body's blood pressure drops because there is more room than blood, the blood drains from the head, one gets "light headed" and faints (fancy word is "syncope", pronounce "sink o pee").

In vasovagal syncope, for some ever reason, the brain is sending a signal via to the patient's Vagus nerve to the heart and/or lower blood vessels (veins in this case) telling either the heart to quit pumping so much blood, or telling his veins to "relax", or both.

That's why the docs are going to be doing a bunch of tests. May even turn out to have nothing to do with the Vagus nerve. Many other conditions can produce syncope, low blood sugar, infections, internal bleeding due to ruptured spleens or livers :D (not very likely in this case - they'd'a never let him leave the first time with that). All I can say they is that Murph is gonna get real familiar with needles, test lead stickum and tape.
 
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zzyzzogeton said:
Ya gotta think in Latin for this one....:D

Vaso => vascular system, i.e., in this situation, veins in the abdomen and legs

vagal => refers to signals being promulgated from the brain via the Vagus nerve (10th of 12 cranial nerves), which controls digestion and blood pressure, among other functions.

A couple of ways that the body regulates blood pressure are:
- by sending signals to the heart telling it to not pump as much blood (basically turning down the RPMs of the pump motor)
or
- telling the major veins in the body(which return blood to the heart from the legs and abdomen) to distend, or relax and get larger to be able to hold more blood (adds more volume to the distribution system).

When this occurs, the venous "pipes" of the lower body effectively get bigger and can hold more volume, but since the volume of blood within the body remains constant (except when bleeding out) the body's blood pressure drops because there is more room than blood, the blood drains from the head, one gets "light headed" and faints (fancy word is "syncope", pronounce "sink o pee").

In vasovagal syncope, for some ever reason, the brain is sending a signal via to the patient's Vagus nerve to the heart and/or lower blood vessels (veins in this case) telling either the heart to quit pumping so much blood, or telling his veins to "relax", or both.
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Oh okay, Latin. So you're telling me Murph is really a woman? Crazy stuff. I never would have guessed it.
Well... I guess it explains the toenail polish, now that I think about it.
 
Guyon said:
Oh okay, Latin. So you're telling me Murph is really a woman? Crazy stuff. I never would have guessed it.
Well... I guess it explains the toenail polish, now that I think about it.
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This would also explain the "baby face" in all the photos... It looks like he's too young to shave... :D

Seriously though, glad to hear that it is likely not serious.
 
I hope zz realizes I was snarking him (and Murph). I might need serious medical advice at some point. :D
 
Just over 6" of cutting length. Just over 6" wide head. 15 OAL. Will be .25" 52100... For now it will be called "Hex Hatchet".... until/unless i come up with something better.

I think it would look cool to inlay some nice wood into the handle cutout of one...

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Pretty bad a$$ WW. First thing I thought is I bet you could sell the to firefighters. The top hex looks just about the same size as our hydrant wrench.
 
Let me get this straight. Murph was taking a leak and saw something that made him faint. You'd think he would be used to it by now.
 
Tankerwolf said:
Pretty bad a$$ WW. First thing I thought is I bet you could sell the to firefighters. The top hex looks just about the same size as our hydrant wrench.
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Thanks brother, and thats a great idea about the fire hydrants!! Ill see if i can find out what size the hex is on them. Right now the hex cutout on this, as is, is 1.8548" from point to point (not side to side) but if a hydrant hex is not too far from that i could make a change...

The bottom hex is a bit smaller... But i dont have the exact measurement of it handy... One of them may work though LOL
 
good lord, WW.
I hope you're not going to hand-file the bevels on that baby!

I'd go with a colored GFlex epoxy to fill in the handle. Anything else will probably vibrate apart from impacts. Might dampen vibration too. And ROUND the corners! Dang, it's gonna be cold. You can cord-wrap the handle?
 
Sometimes blowing things up huger in a straight 1:1 ratio just doesn't work. I question the controllability of a hatchet head that large with a handle that short. I guess it depends a lot on stock thickness, too.
 
daizee said:
good lord, WW.
I hope you're not going to hand-file the bevels on that baby!

I'd go with a colored GFlex epoxy to fill in the handle. Anything else will probably vibrate apart from impacts. Might dampen vibration too. And ROUND the corners! Dang, it's gonna be cold. You can cord-wrap the handle?
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LMAO!! Im going to do a small batch of 4 of these... Thats a whole lot of hand filing.. But thats prolly how ill do em. I guess i could find another knife maker with spare time and contract out grinding the bevels... But then id kind of feel like they had more to do with its performance than i did...

Thanks for the tip on the Gflex, i look into it!! Cord wrapping was my first plan. I loved my kill devil hawk that was just cord wrapped... But i know some nice wood or something would look nicer.

Be a while before these really get going though... Ill have the blanks cut before long but probably wont actually start working them until i get moved.
 
james terrio said:
Sometimes blowing things up huger in a straight 1:1 ratio just doesn't work. I question the controllability of a hatchet head that large with a handle that short. I guess it depends a lot on stock thickness, too.
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Yea i couldnt just blow it up. had to make several changes even though its not obvious. Had to change the handle cutout size, the top hex cutout size, reduce the width of the handle etc.

I really like the looks of the huge head LOL. I think the cutouts will really help to reduce weight and help with the controllability a bit... But of course i wont really know until i get it done. But with the way the design is.. Im guessing the balance point will be just under the head, which could be great.... Or not... :D

They will be .25" thick though.
 
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