Hm. I have a spare lightweight steel bike frame I could chop and braze
up into something useful.
I may wind up in a wheelchair myself (MS, not relapsing yet) so best
get head of the game.
I'm not clear on what you're trying to build but maybe we can work up
something useful that's within my (rather amateur) fabrication
abilities.
On 2014-07-06 20:13, Thomas Lockney wrote:
Hey folks,
I figured I'd check to see if anyone here might have the ability to
help me (and my wife) out. My wife frequently has to use a
wheelchair,
but we're looking to enhance it. She now has a condition that
requires
her feet to be elevated as much as possible. We've already spoken
with
the manufacturer of the wheelchair and they already told us they
couldn't do anything and that welding anything to the frame would be
a
very bad idea -- we're going to take them as knowing better than us.
We also can't easily afford buying a new wheelchair (yes, insurance
may cover portions of it, but not nearly as much as you would hope,
and we're not sure they'd cover a second one, anyway).
So, what I'm looking for is ideally someone who works with the same
kind of lightweight tubing used for bicycle frames (or similar), who
has the ability to build something that can attach temporarily, while
still being structurally stable. I have a basic idea in mind, but I
need someone who is skilled enough and who has access to the tools to
execute on it and perhaps even make it better than what I have come
up
with.
For anyone wanting to see the frame we're talking about, it's
basically, this
model:
http://www.quickie-wheelchairs.com/products/Quickie-Q7-Adjustable-27894.html
[1] (click the image for a larger version). Feel free to contact me
directly, rather than to the list, if you or someone you know might
be
able to help us out. I don't know what work like this would cost, but
I'm happy to consider any reasonable solutions -- it will still
almost
certainly be less than a new chair.
~thomas
--
Thomas Lockney
[email protected] http://thomas.lockney.net [2]
Links:
------
[1]
http://www.quickie-wheelchairs.com/products/Quickie-Q7-Adjustable-27894.html
[2] http://thomas.lockney.net
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