[TheForge] Kids and Wheelchairs

[Jim Guy]

To protect the wheels, could you get a pair of fenders from and old bicycle 
and drop them over the wheels?  Welding clips on the fenders may make it 
easy to slip on and off without imparing mobility.  But I don't know if this 
would create a problem with the hand grip on the wheel.


Jim and Patty Guy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 3:25 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Kids and Wheelchairs


> hello;
>
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Saint Phlip wrote:
>
>>
>> OK, all, I  just got a piece of equipment that will help me set up one
>> of my dreams- a station that is height accessible for kids and folks
>> in wheelchairs. A couple days ago, a friend gave me the cutest little
>> leg vise, I've got a spare small anvil, so all I need now is a stump.
>> Problem is, I need to figure what height I want the stump. So, I need
>> a favor...
>>
> my solution to this problem with a wheelchair is as follows:
>
> take a scrap 100 lb propane cylinder and taking all necessary precaution
> and safety measures cut the tank at 24 inches tall.
> clean up the cut edges. i ground and filed the edge so it is rounded.
>
> now you need to build a wooden plug that fits inside the cylinder.
> i made the plug three layers of 2x8 bolted together with staggered
> joints and seams.
>
> now fill the bottom of the truncated propane cylinder with dry sand. (
> any sand is fine. the inexpensive play sand will do. ) now set the
> wooden plug on the sand adjust the height of the wooded plug by removing
> or adding sand. now set the anvil on the wooden plug.
>
> the cylinder is easy to maneuver around without concern of catching an
> edge or sharp corner. the cylinder is easily moved with a dolley or even
> rolled on bottom rim.
>
> for lap and legs protection i use a pair of leather chaps my daughter
> picked up at a goodwill store in chicago.
>
> you need to watch the tires. i have not figured out a way to protect the
> tires totally. i have found small metal slivers embedded in the tires
> which cut up the hands. i have also burned a tire from a hot piece of
> metal hitting it. i have toyed with the idea of lacing a leather
> covering around the tire but so far have decided against it mainly
> do to being labor intensive particularly for the hands and my hands
> do not like to cooperate as it is.
>
> poor ascii art::
>
>        ______
>        |____| <-anvil
>         )__(
>     |woodenwood|
>     |enwoodedwo|<- wooden plug
>     |odenwooden|
>     |----------|<- propane cylinder
>     |          |
>     | sand     |
>     |          |
>     (__________)
>
>
>>
> <snip>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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