Victor, Great idea however for her it is not feasible. She has very little room in her kitchen and with the hip replacement she is not allowed to bend to slide out the step. It would become too large if it was made permanently extended.With the one that she has she can user her walker to get next to the handle and step up but the step is too high for her. I have another that is low enough but does not have the needed support handle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] modifying a step stool
Hi Lenny, I think that any modification you make to that stool will only weaken it. Would you consider adding to it instead? Instead of trying to modify the stool, why not add an extra step to it, about half the height of the other step, making her take two steps instead of the one. If you wanted to, make it a fold-out type of step, so it can fold into the original step to keep it out of the way. I've seen this type of model out there, albeit without the handle and rail, but I don't see why it can't be done. Yes, in fact I can see it now, if you placed a couple of brackets on each side, with hinges, then add the other step in there, it might just work. Victor Gouveia 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/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ 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! Groups Links
