steviec_lj
Rust Welding Professional
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Firstly, I'm not sure this actually fits in to any of the categories, so I'll leave it here for now.
Anyway, we managed to pick a couple of these up from the Ashby St Ledger auction a couple of months back, which has sadly shut down and the organisers will have by now emigrated.
Not sure if it looks worse than it is, or whether it really is that bad, but for the price we paid, its worth repairing, considering their price new!
Progress will be slow to snails pace, as I've got 65 million other things to repair around the place, 99% of them at the last minute too.
So, the initial problem;
Doesn't leave the ladder very secure to the actual chair, so something had to be done. Luckily, I've got a bit of 25mm box with a 1mm wall, so patching a repair section in can be done really quite cheaply.
A rough mark of how deep to insert the section in to the seat base was made, and the centre of each face marked, then scored with a 1mm slitting disc to make life a little easier.
The tools required, I should have used a bigger hammer, but this little persuasion stick proved enough eventually.
Bang, bang, bang, bang. Turn. Bang, bang, bang, bang. Turn. Bang, bang, bang, bang. Turn. Bang, bang, bang, bang.
Needs a hole drilling through for a securing bolt, but the trial fitting was successful. Need to make another for the other side of the ladder, and replace a cross section too.
More updates soon!
Anyway, we managed to pick a couple of these up from the Ashby St Ledger auction a couple of months back, which has sadly shut down and the organisers will have by now emigrated.
Not sure if it looks worse than it is, or whether it really is that bad, but for the price we paid, its worth repairing, considering their price new!
Progress will be slow to snails pace, as I've got 65 million other things to repair around the place, 99% of them at the last minute too.
So, the initial problem;
Doesn't leave the ladder very secure to the actual chair, so something had to be done. Luckily, I've got a bit of 25mm box with a 1mm wall, so patching a repair section in can be done really quite cheaply.
A rough mark of how deep to insert the section in to the seat base was made, and the centre of each face marked, then scored with a 1mm slitting disc to make life a little easier.
The tools required, I should have used a bigger hammer, but this little persuasion stick proved enough eventually.
Bang, bang, bang, bang. Turn. Bang, bang, bang, bang. Turn. Bang, bang, bang, bang. Turn. Bang, bang, bang, bang.
Needs a hole drilling through for a securing bolt, but the trial fitting was successful. Need to make another for the other side of the ladder, and replace a cross section too.
More updates soon!