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What would you do if you were a foot taller than you are? For some like my little brother (who is 6'4"), height is not an issue. For some like me, I like to delude myself into thinking I would be playing in the NBA if I was a foot taller.
Yet for young people, an extra foot of height might mean the difference between being able to perform everyday tasks such as getting a bowl out of an overhead cabinet or not. The younger the child, the more important an extra few inches can mean. Thus was born the idea for the QUB3! (pronounced as "cube")
I decided to venture a bit into unknown territory with this instructable. It really only (*originally) contains two materials, cardboard and sugru. A fair amount of time went into the design phase to try and make it as useful as possible for the little guys. This is a do-it-all design that adults can probably find plenty of uses for too! Now, on to the building!
Yet for young people, an extra foot of height might mean the difference between being able to perform everyday tasks such as getting a bowl out of an overhead cabinet or not. The younger the child, the more important an extra few inches can mean. Thus was born the idea for the QUB3! (pronounced as "cube")
I decided to venture a bit into unknown territory with this instructable. It really only (*originally) contains two materials, cardboard and sugru. A fair amount of time went into the design phase to try and make it as useful as possible for the little guys. This is a do-it-all design that adults can probably find plenty of uses for too! Now, on to the building!
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When I was in Cub Scouts as a kid, one of our projects was making a small wooden footstool. We used it for years and years at my parents' house, and it served as some of the inspiration for this project. I knew I wanted something small. I also remembered smacking toes on it several times, so I wanted something a bit less likely to stub a toe. Finally, I realized I had a large television box to dispose of. Then an old instructable occurred to me and I knew I had to try a piece of cardboard furniture.
I decided to create a small booster that would serve many of the same functions as my old footstool. As assistive tech for small kids, I wanted it to have three main functions: stool stepper for potty training; function as a kid's chair for a play room or while watching movies in the living room; or as a chair booster to help them reach an adult table for meals. Basically, this is designed to help kids reach into the adult world. This also would have uses for adults, either as a footstool or to stand on to help extend your reach- for me it's perfect to change batteries in the smoke detectors on my nine foot ceilings.
With my design, there are two main levels. The seat section is about six inches high, and the step section is about 10 inches high. It was also pointed out to me by a friend that I could stack the width to a different height and have three levels. I did add a little bit to make the seat a little wider, but not enough to notice off-hand that it wasn't an exact cube anymore. Still, I like the simplicity and design of a true cube.
There are two different templates- one for the outside sections of the chair to give it arms, and one with only the seat and the back of the chair section. The back of the chair will also help displace the weight if an adult tries to stand on the booster, giving it three sides for support instead of two.
I decided to create a small booster that would serve many of the same functions as my old footstool. As assistive tech for small kids, I wanted it to have three main functions: stool stepper for potty training; function as a kid's chair for a play room or while watching movies in the living room; or as a chair booster to help them reach an adult table for meals. Basically, this is designed to help kids reach into the adult world. This also would have uses for adults, either as a footstool or to stand on to help extend your reach- for me it's perfect to change batteries in the smoke detectors on my nine foot ceilings.
With my design, there are two main levels. The seat section is about six inches high, and the step section is about 10 inches high. It was also pointed out to me by a friend that I could stack the width to a different height and have three levels. I did add a little bit to make the seat a little wider, but not enough to notice off-hand that it wasn't an exact cube anymore. Still, I like the simplicity and design of a true cube.
There are two different templates- one for the outside sections of the chair to give it arms, and one with only the seat and the back of the chair section. The back of the chair will also help displace the weight if an adult tries to stand on the booster, giving it three sides for support instead of two.
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Apr 30, 2012. 1:33 AMbsimpson4
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That's not a typo! :) that's how we spell colour! (in Scotland anyway) great ible!
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Dec 13, 2010. 7:18 AM
BrittLiv
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BrittLiv
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Hi, nice instructable! I'm honored, that you mentioned me ;-) I had to laugh when I saw you hand, mine look exactly like yours yesterday...
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Dec 13, 2010. 11:17 AMyokozuna (author)
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yokozuna (author)
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Yep... the funny thing is I made a trip to Home Depot specifically to get a paintbrush, only to return with about 5 other things and no paintbrush. I dumped it on, started looking through the sack and... well, that's when I realized I was going to be using my hands instead. What were you making?
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Dec 14, 2010. 2:27 AMBrittLiv
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BrittLiv
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Oh, this has happened to me quite a few times... Glad to hear I'm not the only one. I was priming wood for my next (or the one after my next) instructable. To speed it up I was holding it in my hand, turned out that I was more painting my hand than the wood...
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