On 07/05/2015 21:19, John Rumm wrote:
On 07/05/2015 18:08, wrote:
On 07/05/2015 17:20, John Rumm wrote:
Funny where this DIY lark can lead you...

For ages I have had a short extension lead draped across the room to
power the fridge since its original socket was eliminated in a bit of a
reorganisation when the boiler was changed. So finally locating the
required shape of tuit, I decided to stick in a new socket properly.

Glossing over the whole "wall seems to be made of nuclear strike proof
concrete block" that laughed at the attempts of my SDS to touch it, and
required more considered coaxing with the SDS Max concrete breaker - we
had a new socket back box nicely chased in ready for wiring. Being about
waist height and on a hard tiled floor, I though it would be easier to
sit on something low to wire it up. Normally I sit on the toolbox with
my electrical kit in it, but this time I had only bothered grabbing the
cutters, earth sleeve, screwdriver, and a rubber grommet from it, and
had left the rest in the workshop. So I thought - aha, will borrow
SWMBOs hideous green plastic step stool from the kitchen.

With hindsight that was a mistake. They seem to rely on a certain amount
of friction on the floor to not splay their legs to the side when
loaded. Needless to say, me + plus smooth floor was too much for it, and
I narrowly avoided a jagged green plastic enema as fragments of it flew
in all directions!!

So I thought I would make a nice traditional step stool as a
replacement. Ideally out of oak since that is what the cupboards are
faced with. Fortunately I remembered there was a spare kitchen unit
cupboard door in the garage. So I hacked it about a bit, and came up
with this:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...dStepStool.jpg

Top is about 14" by 9", and it stands about 10" tall. The "pegged"
stretcher seems to keep it all nice an solid regardless of load.

The design was a figment of my imagination, but if anyone wants plans,
let me know and I will draw some.


That looks nicely made, but having such a relatively large hangover at
the ends of a short stool could lead to more excitement than you want.
Take care!

The design was done so that there is actually very little hangover - the
legs splay out such that the footprint is only 1/2" smaller all round
that the top. So its quite stable.


OK, it must be a perspective effect in that photo.