Pavel -- those might actually be useful for some other purposes, as well. As it happens, we bought my wife a really nice electric bike a bit over a year ago before this condition started. At the time, she could at least peddle a bit and the idea was that with the help of the motor, she could still get out and enjoy the outdoors a bit without having to exert too much (it can cause really bad flares of some of her other conditions).
Anyway, just last night we saw a video of an attachment (just found the product on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Electric-Attachable-Handcycle-Wheelchair/dp/B004WLMNTY) that turns a wheelchair into a powered chair, but with a bit more interesting dynamics from a normal powered chair. I wonder if any of these parts would make something like that possible. I'll ping you off list soon to talk about hopefully checking out some of these parts in the near future (my schedule is pretty crazy right now, but hopefully we can work out a good time). Thanks!! ~thomas On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Pavel Kirkovsky <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > I happen to have a handful of power chairs along with a bunch of chargers > and batteries. I'm not sure if they all run, but at least one is in fairly > good condition and all of them have usable parts (including frame > materials, leg supports, etc). I'd be happy to give you as much of this > equipment as you want for your project. > > > -Pavel > > > > On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 8:13 PM, Thomas Lockney <[email protected]> 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 >> (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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >> > > > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber > -- Thomas Lockney [email protected] http://thomas.lockney.net
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