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Ya he comentado en anteriores instructables que estoy usando mi nuevo taller. Aún me falta hacer el tendido eléctrico y de gas, así como seguir organizando mis herramientas y materiales, lo cual no es fácil.
Uno de los problemas con los que me encontré fue la necesidad frecuente de tener que subirme a una silla para alcanzar estantes altos. Usé varias veces unas banquetas barata de PVC, pero luego de algunos sustos desistí, porque tienen las patas demasiado débiles como para confiarles mi peso de 85 Kg.
Por lo tanto decidí construirme una banqueta de hierro o madera, reforzada y confiable. Y ya que estaba, darle algún valor agregado de multifuncionalidad. Al principio pensé hacerla plegable, en tres piezas que se metían una dentro de la otra, pero luego de analizar los pro y las contras abandoné la idea y me incliné por algo más simple, y acá les muestro cómo la hice. Si bien yo usé caño de hierro, se puede hacer también de madera u otro material, usando el concepto general y haciendo las correcciones del caso.
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I've mentioned in previous instructables I'm using my new workshop. I still have to install power lines and gas, and continue to organize my tools and materials, which is not easy.
One of the problems I encountered was the frequent need of having to climb on a chair to reach high shelfs. I used several times a cheap PVC bench, but gave up after a few scares, because the legs are too weak to entrust my weight of 85 kg.
So I decided to build an iron or wooden stool, bolstered and reliable. And as I was, give it some added value of multifunctionality. At first I thought to make it foldable into three parts to put one inside the other, but after analyzing the pros and cons abandoned the idea and I went for something simpler, and here I show how I did it. While I used iron pipe, can also be made of wood or other material, using the general concept and making corrections.
Uno de los problemas con los que me encontré fue la necesidad frecuente de tener que subirme a una silla para alcanzar estantes altos. Usé varias veces unas banquetas barata de PVC, pero luego de algunos sustos desistí, porque tienen las patas demasiado débiles como para confiarles mi peso de 85 Kg.
Por lo tanto decidí construirme una banqueta de hierro o madera, reforzada y confiable. Y ya que estaba, darle algún valor agregado de multifuncionalidad. Al principio pensé hacerla plegable, en tres piezas que se metían una dentro de la otra, pero luego de analizar los pro y las contras abandoné la idea y me incliné por algo más simple, y acá les muestro cómo la hice. Si bien yo usé caño de hierro, se puede hacer también de madera u otro material, usando el concepto general y haciendo las correcciones del caso.
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I've mentioned in previous instructables I'm using my new workshop. I still have to install power lines and gas, and continue to organize my tools and materials, which is not easy.
One of the problems I encountered was the frequent need of having to climb on a chair to reach high shelfs. I used several times a cheap PVC bench, but gave up after a few scares, because the legs are too weak to entrust my weight of 85 kg.
So I decided to build an iron or wooden stool, bolstered and reliable. And as I was, give it some added value of multifunctionality. At first I thought to make it foldable into three parts to put one inside the other, but after analyzing the pros and cons abandoned the idea and I went for something simpler, and here I show how I did it. While I used iron pipe, can also be made of wood or other material, using the general concept and making corrections.
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Decidí que:
Tuve que comprar otro caño de 1 pulgada por 3 metros, que me costó solamente 23 pesos (unos 5 U$D).
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I decided that:
In view of this I searched among the pipes that I always keep, and found a few meters of 1 inch pipe for power lines, and a little 7/8. The latter is slid into the other with enough accuracy to what I needed.
I had to buy another pipe of 1 inch by 3 meters, which cost me only $ 23 (about U$D 5).
- Tendría tres patas en vez de cuatro, porque eso me evitaría problemas de inestabilidad, dado que el piso no es completamente plano, sobre todo en el exterior de la casa
- Tendría una base lo suficientemente grande como para que fuera firme, con menos riesgo de caerme estando trepado a ella
- La estructura sería de caño de hierro liviano, para que al trasladarla, el peso no representara un esfuerzo adicional.
Tuve que comprar otro caño de 1 pulgada por 3 metros, que me costó solamente 23 pesos (unos 5 U$D).
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I decided that:
- It would have three legs instead of four, because that would prevent me from instability problems, since the floor is not completely flat, especially on the exterior of the house
- It would have a large enough base to be firm, with less risk of falling while climbing it
- The structure would be lightweight iron pipe, so that when moving, the weight does not represent an additional effort.
In view of this I searched among the pipes that I always keep, and found a few meters of 1 inch pipe for power lines, and a little 7/8. The latter is slid into the other with enough accuracy to what I needed.
I had to buy another pipe of 1 inch by 3 meters, which cost me only $ 23 (about U$D 5).
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I can't get by without a little step stool. Sometimes we can all use a little boost, or sit. I have to say yours looks like it fell out of space to me. I like it though!
My design is not inspired by the aesthetics, at all. What I wanted was to do something simple, cheap and practical, and it turned out!
Yesterday I started doing the electrical wiring of the workshop, and this table-stool-ladder was really necessary. I have also a foldable aluminum ladder, but it is often better to use my design. Due to it is a tripod, is always stable. Besides, I can be stand hours over their flat top cover, without pain in my feet like in the steps of the ladder.
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I used really big nails to hold it together. The shanks are 3/8s of an inch thick (9.53mm) The wood is from a tree I cut down in my back yard. We grow very strong oak here. Cutting the dados the legs set in was a little tricky. It actually held together without any nails, but I pinned it just so it would never fall apart. Never for it might be 1,000 years?
It is going to be sturdy for the life of anyone reading this post today. That I can guarantee.
The dreaded case of ladder foot. If you are getting ladder foot that means the shoes you are wearing have soles too thin. I have a heavy pair of boots I can stand on a ladder all day in and it does not bother me.
With respect to the duration of my table-bench-ladder, I conform it lasts the next 55 years I have planned to live.
Ladder foot: yes, since here is midsummer, and very hot some days, I am using lightweight slippers. Each time I climb to the ladder I think it will be only 1 or 2 minutes, but along the day are hours. Sometimes I thought to make a pair of wood soles with velcro to attach to my shoes, but I have not had time to make them.
In the past I have heated it, but if I don't keep it warm all the time then the air gets wet and my tools all rust. I was getting some good work done too. Some pictures of my secret project I am working on:
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That column is square to within .003 of an inch (0.06mm) If the rest of what I'm making comes out like that then it is really going to come out good.
Regarding your secret project, what a precision! May be we will have an instructable, OK?
To be honest it was less precision than dumb luck. If I had been trying to make the box square I might have gotten it to about .01 of an inch (0.26mm). I made my tool holder some random size, then just boxed it in. When I measured the outside of the box it just happened to be that close to square.
My project is secret because it has little chance of working right. It is more of a test. A first try at something. Now I have my doubts. So I must see it through in order to see for myself. If it does work I'll take some pictures and put them up here. No step by step though.