Author Topic: Crown race fitting tool - £3 from B&Q!! (Read 4751 times)

Jaan · « **on:** April 10, 2013, 09:04 PM »

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 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2013, 09:11 PM »

Thats a pretty cool little contraption youve found there Chris!

James Nada · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2013, 09:57 PM »

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

Jaan · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2013, 10:01 PM »

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 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2013, 07:16 AM »

great buy! will get one of those at the weekend

Andy68 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 11, 2013, 09:03 AM »

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

Good idea bud......

renegaderacer · « **Reply #6 on:** April 11, 2013, 09:12 AM »

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 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 11, 2013, 09:36 AM »

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

not johndub71 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 11, 2013, 10:02 AM »

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 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2013, 12:32 PM »

Quote from: renegaderacer on April 11, 2013, 09:12 AM

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 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 11, 2013, 01:06 PM »

Quote from: Jaan on April 11, 2013, 12:32 PM

Quote from: renegaderacer on April 11, 2013, 09:12 AM
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!