I wonder if a hose clamp, or adjustable clamp wouldn't make a very good dril guide. Tighten it up on that pipe. and take a tiny drill bit to that pipe. Those clamps have notches and even if you ust one out, you're already in a trough and you can line up with the far side when you are through, then that first pipe will line you up for the second pipe. Can this thing be placed on it's side securely? if not, um, never mind.
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, Rob Monitor wrote: > HI, Here is the time when you should get out the wood working tools and build > a new step stool out of wood. This mite be a good place for people to see > what kind ideas they can come up with for it... > ROB FROM MINNESOTA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lenny McHugh > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:32 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] modifying a step stool > > > I thought about that but thought that the U-bolt would be stronger. At least > the stool is now in my home where she can't try to climb up on it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:36 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] modifying a step stool > > How about binding the bottom of the handle tube to the leg tube after you > cut away the bottom bolt with a good stout hose clamp? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lenny McHugh > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:24 PM > 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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