Re: [BlindHandyMan] modifying a step stool

[Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press]

Lenny,
Do you have to modify that stool or can you take it back and get one 
that is more suitable to her needs?
Betsy
At 02:04 PM 2/14/2008, you wrote:
>My mother, age 87, needed a step stool to reach her kitchen cabinet. 
>I purchased one like in a doctor's office that is a platform with a 
>support handle on the end. This stool is a little too high for to 
>step on. It is a little over 9 inches high. She would like it 
>lowered to about 6.5 inches. Looking at it I really can't just cut 
>it off because the way that the handle is affixed. The bottom bolt 
>would end up being removed. The way that it is constructed I don't 
>think I can get it under my drill press to make new holes.
>I think that I could use some u-bolts to hold it together. To keep 
>the U-bolts from sliding I thought about:
>1. plumbers epoxy
>2. drill a hole in the flat part of the U-bolt then drill the leg 
>and use a pop rivet
>3. have a friend weld the handle to the stool's leg
>What would be the best recommendation?
>Lenny, Please visit my home page http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/
>It's motivating, humorous and has a lot of resources.
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