Ideas wanted (metal related)
Ivan Vegvary
old guy.
Was thinking of pushing my two wheel dolly through the show, and, would like
to attach a fold down seat to the uprights. I have plenty of ideas for
seats, need ideas for the attachment.
Uprights on the dolly are approximately 1 inch diameter tubing. Ideally,
the seat would be easy to remove and replace.
Thanks for thinking,
Ivan Vegvary
Pete C.
Get one of the little tripod folding camp stools and a bungee cord. Use
the bungee cord to strap the camp stool to the dolly. Remove the camp
stool when needed in a few seconds.
Steve W.
1" conduit clamps bolted to a chunk of plywood. Two good hinges to
attach to the seat platform. Another pair of hinges for a fold out seat
brace under the platform.
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Steve W.
spaco
bench space for the last few years. I made a shelf for it that might
answer your "seat" needs:
I simply bent two L shaped brackets out of 1/2" square bar with legs
each about 1 foot long. I attached them to the uprights of the dolly
with radiator hose clamps. 2 clamps for each leg. One of the clamps is
prevented from sliding downward by a cross member on the dolly. The
horizontal legs of the L brackets would obviously point toward the front
of the dolly.
I simply C-clamp my little bench top to the horizontal legs, but you
might want to do something more creative.
In my case, I set my shelf at about 30 inches high, but you would use
a lower cross member, so you could sit.
Again, in my case, I have to place a heavy object on the "toe" of the
dolly, so it doesn't tip back when I am using the shelf. This wouldn't
be an issue for you.
To remove the shelf brackets, I just loosen the hose clamps slightly,
pull out the L brackets and leave the hose clamps in place.
I'm a blacksmith, so the dolly is really handy anyway for the 2 or 3
5-gallon pails full of tools that many of us bring. If you, too brought
some kind of container, you could buy more stuff!
Hope this helps,
Pete Stanaitis
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Larry Jaques
<ivanv...@gmail.com> scrawled the following:
>Going to the Portland, OR swap meet soon. 8-10 hours of walking for this
>old guy.
Holy Moley! That's a big meet, isn't it?
>Was thinking of pushing my two wheel dolly through the show, and, would like
>to attach a fold down seat to the uprights. I have plenty of ideas for
>seats, need ideas for the attachment.
You're talking about a hand truck, right?
You could always cut a slot in the seat and drop it down over the
uprights, welding buttons on the uprights for stops. Or you could
weld brackets on the top, mount casters, and build a new handle. Then
extend the original platform plate with an L-shaped seat
http://fwd4.me/JjB I have one of these. Mount a seat on the bottom
plate. Or, just put a trunk on it and sit on that. Fill it up with
your swap goodies + lunch, snacks, and lots of extra water.
I took one of these to COMDEX every year, tied to the back of my belt:
http://fwd4.me/JjD It went up and down stairs easily and every 30
seconds, I'd hear "Damn, great idea. I'll have to do that next year."
I even had my business signs on the side like an old horse-drawn job.
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And may those that don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if he doesn't turn their hearts,
may he turn their ankles,
So we'll know them by their limping.
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Steve B
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I have always liked those two wheeled dollies that had a fold down arm that
made it a four wheel cart. If you can't find one with a seat on there, it
would not be hard to weld one on. Don't forget your Bar Buoy, horn, and MP3
player. Have fun.
Steve
Jim Wilkins
I'd cut a plywood rectangle and attach rope to each corner. The rear
ropes tie the seat to the uprights and suspend it from a crossbar, the
front ones run down diagonally from near the handles. You could bungee
on a boat cushion.
If you buy something large you can fold or remove the seat and maybe
even use the wood and rope to help secure it.
A simple way to attach the rope to the seat is to drill a hole the
rope barely fits through near each corner and thread the rope down
through the rear hole and diagonally across underneath, then up
through the front hole. Tie a figure eight knot under the holes so the
rope won't pull through. Then if the plywood cracks the rope still
supports you.
jsw
Stormin Mormon
top? You can use the bucket to store your purchases.
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Go to a golf store, they have seats that clamp onto pull-carts.