if your mom is 87 years old I would not be playing around with what she had to trust her life with. I would take it back and get something different or buy something different, or start from scratch and build her a step stool that would be safe if you have that capability. Just my thoughts.
Peawee([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 9:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] modifying a step stool 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] > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > 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] <mailto:dleavens%40puc.net> > > To: <[email protected] > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > 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] > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > 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] > <mailto:bobken54%40bellsouth.net> > > To: <[email protected] > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > 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. 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