Opal-Lia Palmer wrote:
I live this whole post. Thank you. I was just telling my husband someone needs to make tools for women. Designed by women for women. And I dont mean those crappy pink ones. Real tools for real women. I'm 5'2" always been petite. My hands are small my wrist and upper body are not that strong to hold up heavy tools extended out from my body. But with my light weight power drill, I can build and fix many things. :-) but that drill was hard to find and still not perfect. Wish I had lighter and with more power.
Thanks again for all your advice in this forum.
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Carla Burke wrote:
Pearl Sutton wrote:John Weiland: that would be a chop saw, one of the things on my good list! The only thing I'd comment for anyone else considering one is the one I like is like this ( I don't have this brand, I'd have to go look at the brand, don't know off the top of my head) because the wide base on each side of the blade gives it more stability, as well the ability to make angled and beveled cuts instead of just straight like it looks like yours does. I DO like the stability of mine, it never dances around. Mine also has hold down clamps, I like that a lot, things can sit still easily.
My 80 year old mom uses ours easily, it's a great beastie :)
Tell your wife I suggest read the OP of this thread, some good ways to figure out what works for you in there. And please tell her I said "YAY! Tool using women!" :D
This would be a Godsend, for me!! Or, a table saw.
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Kenneth Elwell wrote:
Barbara Kochan wrote:Lawnmower handles are too high (near my upper chest), even on their lowest settings, to make for good ergonomics for us shorter folk. Has anyone figured out a clever way to lower a lawnmower handle without needing to weld new attachments? Thank you
You might be able to bend the handles downward. I recommend using an electrical conduit bender... The bender has to be a good fit to not kink the tubes, however. The benders come in different sizes to fit EMT conduit sizes, not "tubing" or "pipe" sizes, but one of them might fit? (either the 1/2" bender which is more like a 11/16" outside diameter, or the 3/4" bender which is more like a 15/16" diameter)
Your local hardware store ought to have conduit benders and if you brought your mower handle you could check the fit before getting one. If you know an electrician, they could probably do it (again, assuming a good fit) in under ten minutes.
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Barbara Kochan wrote:
Kenneth Elwell wrote:
Barbara Kochan wrote:Lawnmower handles are too high (near my upper chest), even on their lowest settings, to make for good ergonomics for us shorter folk. Has anyone figured out a clever way to lower a lawnmower handle without needing to weld new attachments? Thank you
You might be able to bend the handles downward. I recommend using an electrical conduit bender... The bender has to be a good fit to not kink the tubes, however. The benders come in different sizes to fit EMT conduit sizes, not "tubing" or "pipe" sizes, but one of them might fit? (either the 1/2" bender which is more like a 11/16" outside diameter, or the 3/4" bender which is more like a 15/16" diameter)
Your local hardware store ought to have conduit benders and if you brought your mower handle you could check the fit before getting one. If you know an electrician, they could probably do it (again, assuming a good fit) in under ten minutes.
Thank you Kenneth and others. I should have mentioned that it is a electric (battery) mower and has a safety mechanism that requires the mid handle adjustment to be fully extended, not partially collapsed. That said, if the type metal can tolerate it, the idea of bending the handle down is very intriguing. I probably even have the conduit benders here already. Ha!
I've not tried to bend non-conduit, so wonder how I would know if the metal of the handle would bend or fold, even with the proper tool. Anyone know?
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Robert Ray wrote:I've started replacing the wife's Ryobi tools with Milwaukee m12's. They are lighter and fit her hands better. They are physically a bit, smaller so they fit in tighter spots too.
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