Crown race fitting tool - £3 from B&Q!!

[Jaan]

So I was in B&Q buying some wet and dry paper and having a general browse when I walked past the kitchen / bedroom unit furniture legs and had an idea...

Heres the leg



I pulled out the adjuster...



Wrapped some masking tape to soften the edge...



It fits perfectly... But a tad long - they did sell shorter ones but I wanted to be safe (a little too safe)



A couple of taps with the mallet and hey presto!!!



Not bad for a few quid 

Please don't all queue up and tell me this is the 112th time someone has posted this idea 

Chris 

[GavinDavis]

Thats a pretty cool little contraption youve found there Chris! 

[James Nada]

Good find.  I have a short length of scaffolding for the job.

[Jaan]

The shorter leg was about £2.50 and would fit in my toolkit better but it did the job and the fit is perfect.

[pickle]

great buy!  will get one of those at the weekend 

[Andy68]

Mr Swan needs one of these after throwing his dummy out the pram on Monday night!!!!! 

Good idea bud...... 

[renegaderacer]

Nice one! 

I thought of doing the exact same thing a while a go but I didn't know if it would fit.

What diameter tubing is it?

[Devilock]

Bargain... So will you be using the fork as the other table leg?

[not johndub71]

Spot on that. We had a bitd tool what resembled to video head drums that slid down, but, that looks a lot better. Good find. Now, if you can mod it to fit frame cups too, then your one a winner.

[Jaan]

Nice one! 

I thought of doing the exact same thing a while a go but I didn't know if it would fit.

What diameter tubing is it?

32mm diameter.  I bought the 300mm leg but theres 100, 200mm etc.  Seeing as most forks measure c.150-160mm the 200mm would be your best bet 

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/hardware/ironmongery/legs___supports/-specificproducttype-furniture_legs/Rothley-Furniture-Leg-L120XV-Black-H200mm-x-32mm-Dia-9282005'skuId=9291705

[renegaderacer]

Nice one! 

I thought of doing the exact same thing a while a go but I didn't know if it would fit.

What diameter tubing is it?

32mm diameter.  I bought the 300mm leg but theres 100, 200mm etc.  Seeing as most forks measure c.150-160mm the 200mm would be your best bet 

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/hardware/ironmongery/legs___supports/-specificproducttype-furniture_legs/Rothley-Furniture-Leg-L120XV-Black-H200mm-x-32mm-Dia-9282005'skuId=9291705

Perfect!

Thanks for that! 

[Badbaldie]

great idea 

[Gnarlyscoots]

Now, if you can mod it to fit frame cups too, then your one a winner.

Two thick, large round washers and a long coarse threaded nut and bolt. They will pull the cups evenly as you do it up 

[Jaan]

Like this one 

[Devilock]

You need to lay off the pies...!!

[Jaan]

Some sort of northern cuisine Rich?

[Devilock]

Some sort of northern cuisine Rich?

 

[renegaderacer]

Got my crown race 'tool'. Best £2.50 I've spent in a long time! 

[animal]

mine is just a rusty old piece of tube  But u wouldn't expect anything else off me would ya 

[monkian]

Awesome tool time tip, Jaan
I know where I'm going this weekend.

[Betty]

I use the top of an axle stand