Fixed a 60 year old Aluminum 8 ft ladder today
It was my dad's I figure he got it in like 1959 to 1962 time frame.
Leaving it outside for the last 30 years it suffered some damage and wear and my last repair was falling apart.
The good leg:
The bad leg:
The repair:
I hated to throw the ladder away. So I spent 3 hours and 10 bucks for aluminum.
3/16" aluminum plate. I don't think its going anywhere. I considered 1/8" but then decided since I'd be climbing on this...
Cut the aluminum with the miter saw. and the original 40T blade that came with it, not my fine wood crosscut blade. Cuts like butter.
Had to make a compound miter cut for the block of wood and that took a while. Had to dig out the manual to make all the adjustments and then got stymied by the tilt locking lever which turned out to be left hand thread, I backed it out to far and then could not get it back in for the life of me, for getting it was left-handed. Wasted a lot of time and frustration on that.
Bunch of 1/4" bolts and nuts and a handful of 6 mm metric bolts and nuts I had laying around. Lot of drilling all the sandwiched pieces.
Maybe good for another couple of decades.
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