a U bolt, held to a cross piece by an adjustable washer/clamp?
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, Larry Stansifer wrote: > Lenny, > > Is there any way you can clamp up the handle in its new position and drill > it free-hand? > Depending on the alloy that stool is constructed from somebody should be > having a really good day to safely and successfully weld that material for > you. > I know that I for one would want a couple of practice pieces before I > tackled Mom's stool. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] modifying a step stool > > > I am shorting both. the handle parallels the leg and has two 1/4 stainless > bolts holding the handle. The bottom bolt is 2 inches from the bottom so > cutting the leg and handle the bottom bolt is lost. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:35 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] modifying a step stool > > > I use epoxy a lot but I'd sure feel safer if it was welded. A pop rivet is > OK in most cases but we're talking about your mom's safety and if she lost > her balance she could bend a rivet to the point she would fall off along > with the handle. > > Are you shortening the handle or the whole stool? If the handle is a tube > that has been bent around in a U shape and you can take it off you could > drill through the side of the tube and run a bolt through and put a nut on > the underneath part of the platform. I'm just having trouble picturing the > style you have in my head. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lenny McHugh > To: Handyman-Blind > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:04 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] modifying a step stool > > > 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] > > > > > > [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! 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