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Step 7Making the Legs
With the balls joined we need to make legs. First you need to determine how tall your pump is and the length of tubing you'll have sticking out of the bottom. When you know this you know how long your legs will have to be.
With the length determined you'll need some sort of suitable leg material. I chose two old window cranks and a metal bar. I would've preferred three window cranks as they make nice stablizing feet, but I had to go with what was on hand. Mark off where you want to cut the leg material. I then clamped them individually into my bench vise and made a starter cut with a hacksaw. Next I used my reciprocating saw to cut off the excess.
Once the legs were cut to length I used my Dremel and a grinding drum to remove any metal burrs, dirt or paint so they could be repainted more easily.
With the length determined you'll need some sort of suitable leg material. I chose two old window cranks and a metal bar. I would've preferred three window cranks as they make nice stablizing feet, but I had to go with what was on hand. Mark off where you want to cut the leg material. I then clamped them individually into my bench vise and made a starter cut with a hacksaw. Next I used my reciprocating saw to cut off the excess.
Once the legs were cut to length I used my Dremel and a grinding drum to remove any metal burrs, dirt or paint so they could be repainted more easily.
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