Pouring hot water can be a very hard and dangerous if you’re differently abled. A friend asked for help, so she could prepare her own cup of tea at home, without spilling and burning herself again.

With this contraption you can safely pour hot water by tilting. We made this contraption big enough to accommodate 17cm diameter kettles.

Materials

Wood+varnish or ‘water resistant material’ (we used 1cm thick HKC, a plastic-wood combo, no need to varnish)
Glue
Screws, small
Velcro

Tools

Saw
Screwdriver
Sandpaper

Could use optimalization:

Curve of the the pouring device
Anti-slip material on underside 'legs'
System to keep the water kettle in place (now velcro)

Designed by Rene Grottendieck
Made by Herman Kopinga, Rene Grottendieck and David Bakker

Step 1: Measure Your Kettle and Draw Parts

Measure your kettle

Quite important to measure your kettle diameter to know the required size of the pouring aid.

Draw out parts

In our case we drew out

2x 25cm by 6cm ‘legs’ with a nice curve
2x 17.5cm by 6cm parts for the platform
1x 17.5 by 3cm part for the buffer

Especially take care to make the platform big enough to accommodate your kettle.

Step 2: Saw and Sand Down

Saw out the parts, stick the two legs together with dual sided tape and sand them down so they are almost exactly equal.

Step 3: Glue & Screw

Glue and screw the parts together as shown in the pictures. Use a glue that works with your material and pre drill for the screws.

Step 4: Add a Locking Mechanism

To keep the kettle in place we attached two pieces of velcro to the platform. Perhaps a piece of bungie cord would work even better, or something else ingenious.