This one must be modified. It is the only platform stool with a support handle. It is the type that is used in the medical profession. It has a very large platform for her to stand. Between her age and the fact that she just had her 4th hip replacement she needs something like this. Her left hip was replaced 3 times and a few months ago her right hip. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] modifying a step stool
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. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >or >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >Various List Members At The Following address: >http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > >Visit the archives page at the following address >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the >following address for more information: >http://www.jaws-users.com/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >Man list just send a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links
