Advice to get me upright

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Originally Posted by Tom H

Don't know how much help this is, but I spend most all of day in the wood shop, standing up and working while leaning over. My back and legs were beginning to bother me too. I started taking breaks, and changed the height of some work surfaces. Didn't help much. My doctor finally told me to start exercising. That's not what I wanted to hear. But I started to walk. Now I walk about 45 min. each day; after streching. It helped a whole lot. I take small carvings with me and sand them too. Just something that worked for me. Tom H

So now you walk for 45 minutes bent over sanding, not watching where you are going, walk into something, fall down, break something, go to the hospital where you can't carve, go home to recuperate and can't carve because of the bandages, finally heal up, go out to the shop to carve and so out of shape from the recuperation, you get all stiff and sore immediately so decide to walk and carve and the story repeats itself....whew...this carving business is dangerous!! Cowboy

[whitecree]

Heh heh, I can see it now...


See it? Heck, been there, done that, got the scars to prove it!

[Irishman]

Decoycarve - that's quite a set up you've described. More elaborate than I'd be able to take on but he concept is worth looking into.
Dutchman - I have been going with peices ranging from 20-40 lbs. The horse chesnut has been my heaviest yet - some 40 plus lbs. I don't expect to go larger than that.
Perhaps I'll take Kenny's suggestion of trying some of the "recipe" and see what I'll come up with...and of course I'll stay away from my tools .
Thanks for everyone's ideas. I know I'm not alone with this problem.
Patrick