Could someone please point me in a direction to where I could maybe buy some adjustable feet like the attached but with a much longer 50mm thread?
Already looked online and they’re millions of them all about the same 20mm length or not quite long enough!
Alternatively I need to find someone who could help weld 8x leg extensions for our old Ladderax shelving. Original leg extensions are quite hard to find and not the cheapest.
The new skirting-boards I’ve just finished are looking fantastic, just a little too high for the standard frames we have; clearly didn’t see that one coming!
Hi Jonty, I’m not sure where to begin with metalwork but I’d like to have a go and appreciate any help. Ideally I need about 8 c. 50mm long plus the insert part. Do you know of anywhere local to buy square steel tube? Thanks.
Then need not be metal, you could cut some pieces of wood to the size of the box section on the shelving, drill through the center then fit an M6 threaded insert.
Then you just want something for the feet, this could be turned in any of a number of materials, with a M6 bolt inserted through the bottom, a nut on the top and 50mm + thread sticking out the top to wind into the insert made for the box section.
You could talk to Fraser if you need steel, you can find him two arches down from Makerspace.
Be careful about extended just a m6 threaded rod down that much with a coupling nut and then loading up you shelving system. There is a reason they don’t extend out that far and you make damage the leg or collapse the shelving if there is a lot of movement in the system.
I am a little worried about that, we do load these shelves up a fair bit with heavy books etc. Maybe it’s better to go with steel extension pieces in the same section. Thanks for the advice.
Thanks for all the help & advice guys. I’ve now ordered some 16mm & 20mm steel box section online, failing any welding assistance I figured I could always rivet the 2 pieces together on the back.
3rd time lucky I now have the correct steel I need for this project, by chance is anyone around this eve to please help / supervise the cutting of 2m 16 & 19mm steel box lengths into 6" pieces?.. @metaltechs? Many thanks in advance, sorry for the ultra short notice!
Thanks @deanforbes I’m really hoping to find a more efficient way to make 16 cuts through 1.5mm steel box section before whipping out my old hacksaw and breaking out in a sweat! Isn’t there a chop saw in the metalwork room?
by the time you have set up the saw or asked some one else to do it, you should have been able to cut it with a hacksaw anyway - a hacksaw is surprisingly efficient and when used properly requires very little effort
a chop saw would be effective for thicker material ( say more than 10 mm thick - stuff which you may use on a lathe etc or production runs of box section) - because there is a machine that may do it, it does not mean that it must be done by machine or that a machine is the best way to do it
how you do it is up to you, you will get far more satisfaction doing it by hand and it would be quicker
Thanks for all the advice, in the end I made do with my mitre saw (set up in my dining room) the multi blade just about did the job with a bit of hand filing / finishing required. However, I now need to fasten the pieces together somehow, the originals were welded… are there any makers out there willing & able to spare me some of their time & show me how to MIG weld… maybe sometime this week!? Failing that I’ll probably rivet them together. Thanks again!
Thanks to @Calum_Nicoll & @Jonty_Bottomley for your welding guidance & help the other week. The Ladderax leg extensions are now all painted, installed and looking great! Some quick pics of how they turned out below.
V impressive! I was just googling for Ladderax extension feet as I’m in the exact same boat you were with the high skirting boards! They’re v rare right?!
Would you mind sharing where you purchased the steel box lengths from please?
I’m going to try to find someone locally that could cut and weld them for me.
Nice to hear from you, this was my 1st ever and only welding project thus far! The guys in the space were really helpful and patient in showing me how to use the welder.
I had 3 attempts at ordering this steel, once I got 200mm instead of 200cm so look out for that one! The 2nd time I used this company via Amazon (they sent me circular by mistake but eventually sent the correct box version which was quite a nice snug fit:
I donated the off cuts I had and incorrect circular steel to the space but I think they may have used it for something.
I also stuck to what would’ve been one of the original sizes and made the biggest 6" version (they were also available in 3" I believe) and used Hammerite smooth (satin I think) to spray them which matches really well and you don’t need to prime first so there’s less paint build up which might cause issues when sliding them in, please shout if you need any more information. I’d be happy to help but not sure when the space will be open again.
