Wooden Step (No Welding)

[Don52]

I built a wooden step to help my wife get into bed. After she tried it out, she decided that it needed to be higher so I added a 2” addition to the step. In addition to the extension, I also added an outrigger to stabilize it if you stepped on the edge of the step. I used biscuits to attach the extension to the original step, because it would be the most minimalistic method and still allow for some lateral adjustment during gluing.

1. Original 7-inch-tall step


2. Bottom view of step


3. Bottom dato


4. Shelf dato


5. Chop saw

[Don52]

6. Dato blade


7. Wobble blade


8. Biscuit cutting machine


9. Biscuit cutter


10. Biscuit cut detail

[Don52]

11. Biscuit installed


12. Side extensions glued and clamped


13. Front and back extensions installed and glued


14. New 9-inch-tall step


-Don

[ronsii]

Looks great!!! Your projects always look very professionally done. It looks like it will serve it's purpose well






But.... no welding I guess it's ok as long as you used something like one of these

[VaughnT]

Great job!

Now you need to put a bottom on it, hinge the top, and you'll have a small storage nook for whatever the wife wants to store. Maybe add some decorative ironwork to give it that super-sexy traveling-chest/toolbox look.

[mla2ofus]

Looks really good, Don!! Professionally done. Gorilla glue is my go to for wood projects.

[Don52]

Looks great!!! Your projects always look very professionally done. It looks like it will serve it's purpose well

But.... no welding I guess it's ok as long as you used something like one of these

Good Point

Great job!

Now you need to put a bottom on it, hinge the top, and you'll have a small storage nook for whatever the wife wants to store. Maybe add some decorative ironwork to give it that super-sexy traveling-chest/toolbox look.

Good idea to hinge the top.

Looks really good, Don!! Professionally done. Gorilla glue is my go to for wood projects.

I do have Gorilla glue and I have used it. For some reason I just used Elmer's waterproof carpenter's glue for this project.

-Don

[Don52]

It took me a while to respond because I just had a double robotic hernia surgery. I was fading fast from the anesthesia, when I entered the operating theater, so I had to do a Google search for these pictures. The first picture shows the entire robotic surgery setup.

15. Setup for robotic hernia surgery


The next picture shows the surgeons work station. The surgeon basically controls the robot with two joysticks.

16. Surgeon's work station


And last but not least the nurses station. The robot arm is shown in several positions at the same time.

17. Surgical nurse guiding the robot arm


The advantage of this process is that the success rate is excellent and because it is minimally invasive the recovery time is reduced.

-Don

[scsmith42]

Well done!