how about put the whole thing on a platform, if it is likely to stay in place. Then you can make a first step under the current first step, and it could be raised the 3 inches necessary.
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, Lenny McHugh 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] > >
