{"id":345,"date":"2006-10-09T00:38:09","date_gmt":"2006-10-08T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/?p=345"},"modified":"2006-10-09T01:10:45","modified_gmt":"2006-10-08T15:10:45","slug":"making-peg-stilts-new-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/?p=345","title":{"rendered":"Making peg stilts – new design"},"content":{"rendered":"

o<\/p>\n

Many of you will have seen my previous design for making circus-style strap on peg stilts<\/a>. This time I have come up with a slightly modified design that is lighter, simpler and even easier to change to different leg lengths. Once again – I can take no responsibility (or liability) for any accidents arising from anyone attempting to make these from my plans as I have no control over how these plans are translated into actual stilts. I offer these plans for interest and to show how I have approached the problem of stilt construction. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Timber components<\/strong> (What you will need for the timber parts of the stilts):<\/p>\n

Two times 40mm x 40mm x 1m pine dressed all round and completely free of knots, and with a nice straight grain – no compromise on strength here!<\/p>\n

Two times 40mm x 40mm x 500mm pine dressed all round<\/p>\n

Two times 40mm x 40mm x 250mm pine dressed all round<\/p>\n

Four times 3\/8 x 120mm bolts with two washers and a nut for each bolt<\/p>\n

Two times 19mm x 110mm x 200mm cedar or pine cut away 45 degrees (for foot supports)
\nTwo times 19mm x 110mm x 220mm cedar or pine (for foot plates)
\nMethod<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cut the timber to length and ensure it is smooth (dressed) all round. You can round over the corners with a router or sander.<\/p>\n

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Then measure carefully (at least twice) and drill two holes about 50mm from each end of the 250mm piece. Then use this as a template to set up to drill all the other components.<\/p>\n

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Once you have all the square timber components drilled and cut to size, it’s time to cut the supports from the cedar. I cut these away at 45 degrees to save weight and also to ensure that any costume legs don’t get caught up on the bracing.<\/p>\n

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The outer support is then drilled with a spade bit to the diameter of the washers but only part way in so there is a recess for the nut and washer. Again this is in the interests of not having any costume leg hang up on the bolts.<\/p>\n

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Once you have the components all drilled and cut you can do a trial assembly up to this point. Ensure that all the support components are flush to provide an even support for the foot plate. In this photo I have assembled the stilt components without the foot plate so you can see the construction.<\/p>\n

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Notice how the support plate is set forward – that’s to allow your feet to be positioned to keep the ball of your foot just in front of the stilt leg – an important aspect of stability when walking in them.<\/p>\n

The next blog post I will show cutting the foot plates and attaching them to the stilts. Then a subsequent post will show the webbing to attach the stilts to your legs.<\/p>\n

Cheers
\nJerry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

o Many of you will have seen my previous design for making circus-style strap on peg stilts. This time I have come up with a slightly modified design that is lighter, simpler and even easier to change to different leg lengths. Once again – I can take no responsibility (or liability) for any accidents arising […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy","category-journal","category-woodwork"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lostbiro.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}