There are many different tools and devices that must be in every home. They help us perform homework more efficiently and quickly or just can make our life easier. One of these elements is a portable staircase, or as it is more often called a stepladder. This product must be in every home, because despite its simplicity, it helps us in a number of moments when some work is required at a not very high altitude, where a person cannot get without sirred tools.

Features and destination

The stepladder is a fairly useful tool for the apartment and especially for the home. But it will also be superfluous for the kitchen or dressing room, which will allow you to get something from the top shelf or wipe the dust on the roof of some kind of cabinet. The cost of such a fixture cannot be called high, but if you need a stepladder made with your own hands, then you can show fantasy and make a model that you like. Homemade solutions can then be different and have significantly more advanced functionality than models that are sold in the store.

It is logical that the most common option is a stepladder made of wood, because it can be built very simply by taking the board or bruises of the tree. The main advantages of this option will be the simplicity of assembly and care, as well as the ease of transportation. But the models made of metal are substantially more cumbersome, and it is significantly more difficult to carry them around the room or garden.

Yes, and the manufacture of such an option often requires the use of welding equipment.

Of course, it will be easier to make a stepladder from a tree or, say, from plywood.Although the last option may not be very durable, here should be careful. You can make some combined solution - from the profile pipe, for example, a frame, and the steps from the profile, plywood or, in general, from PVC. But here it all depends on the fantasy of the person who does it, as well as the exact purpose of such a staircase, and where they are going to use.

Required tools and materials

Before starting a conversation about the necessary tools and materials, let's say that the list of necessary things will vary depending on which option it was decided to implement. That is, it can occur so that the materials needed to create a wooden version will be completely useless if a steel staircase or a stepladder from polypropylene elements will be made.

Naturally, we will definitely do not need welding if we decide to make an option made of wood.

If it was decided to do a stepladder from the wood, then for the implementation of the idea, we will need a hacksaw to work with a tree, which will have a thickness of the teeth about 3 millimeters. In addition, you need to have a screwdriver, emery of medium grain, drill and hammer at hand. It should be said that the conventional drills will not fit. We need special for wood, with a diameter of 3 and 12 millimeters. Their feature is that the length of the part for work will be 0.5 centimeters. Self-tapping screws are used as fasteners and should also be made for wood. You still need 4 bolts of the M10 model, the length of which is 1.2 centimeters.

And also, in addition, we need the fuels and nuts for us. Both elements need 8.

Before the formation of such a thing from a tree, you should prepare the chains of special design with a length of at least half a meter, which will then be a kind of clamps. Each link must be made of 1.5-2-millimeter wire thick, and the length of the link itself should be no more centimeter. And you will also need 4 semicircular shape brackets to fix the chain.

In the case of another design, we will need to have at hand:

• a hammer;
• drill;
• roulette for measuring;
• saw.

In addition, brus are required of wood and so on. But also when implementing a metal version will be needed:

• metal profile;
• metal pipes;
• rubber pads on the steps;
• loops;
• shoes;
• rubber legs;
• bulgarian;
• welding;
• corolnic;
• electric drill;
• marker;
• fastening-hardware;
• belts;
• tray.

In general, it all depends on what project is being implemented, as well as from what material it is planned to make a ladder-ladder.

And this can be found when you have such a thing on your hands, like drawings.

Drawings and dimensions of parts

It should be said that the drawings, like the size of the parts, will depend on what type of the lap will be crammed, what it will be done, and what is her equipment. That is, if it is a small stepladder, having 2 or 3 steps, then it will be one thing. If she is also foldable - other drawings are already needed, providing for the moment. If it is a metal transformer, then it will take a completely different drawing. And if he is also mini, then this should also be provided in the drawing documentation.

In general, it should be clarified that all launches are divided into three categories:

• telescopic;
• universal;
• classic.

Classic are structures where the steps are on both sides. In universal - only on the one hand. And telescopic - the most difficult from a technical point of view, but the most convenient. They add up and transform. That is, it is already possible to understand that the drawing for the designations mentioned will be different.

The drawing, in its essence, allows you to streamline and bring together all your desires and the requirements for the stepladder. And it is he who will directly affect the size of the details that will be used.

If we are talking about a mini-lad drawing, it will be some parameters. If about drawing documentation for a wooden universal model, then completely different. In general, if you summarize, everything will depend on a specific project, which was conceived by man and implementing it in the form of drawing documentation.

How to do?

As it was already possible to make sure, the preparation for the implementation of the project of the ladder should be carried out serious. Before you directly begin to implement such an idea, you need to have the necessary materials, tools, as well as the drawings, where everything will be calculated - from the physical dimensions of the elements to the smallest detail, and also know what we need to make such a device. We now turn to the description of the process of creating this type of stairs directly.

Preparatory work

If it was decided to create a stirrer of wood, then it is required before the direct assembly to carry out some work on the preparation of component parts to the assembly. For example, we need a special, especially durable bar, which is required to dry well. After that, it should be cut into certain segments, which later become crossbars and racks.

If suddenly it is taken to create a wooden lap lumber, it should be very thoroughly examined on the absence of defects, chips and breakdowns of various types. And the color will also be important. In no case should it have gray or inclusions of dark brown.

And you should first clean up with the help of sandwich all the details to which the person will touch not to drive in the future.

In addition, the assembly should be impregnated with antispectoral details so that the design serves longer and is not subject to rotting or destructive effects of atmospheric factors.

Naturally, you should then prepare all the necessary elements.

• We take the timber and cut off from it 4 parts for a tutor. Two of them will be applied in the support part of the stepladder, and 2 more will be used to support steps.
• On one pair, the tents need to make grooves that will have a depth of about 2 centimeters, and the height is somewhere 2.5 centimeters for brusade width. It is important to make it so that the center of the groove from above, located on the right, was at a distance from the top of the taisle somewhere around 12.5 centimeters. Other should be done every 29 centimeters.
• In the racks, which will be supported by the entire design, we break through 3 grooves with dimensions, like jumpers. One will be located at the height of the first step of the structure, the second - on top, and the third - in the center.
• The rack edges that are at the top, round and completely remove any angles of acute type.
• Ends from the bottom cut off so that our wooden design gets maximum stability, after which they are frowning their rubber, so it did not leave traces on the floor under the weight of the human mass.
• Now it remains on drawing documentation to make steps. In each, we make spikes on both sides, which should have a diameter of somewhere 2.5 centimeters and a length of 2 centimeters.

Assembly

Now the direct build assembly begins.

• First, it is necessary to put steps in the rack grooves. Prior to that, the spikes must be treated with a joinery type glue.
• Spikes steps using a hammer should be driven into the rack grooves. After mounting, the steps should make a fastening from the end of the gestures of nails.
• While collecting the stairs from the boards, instead of bars, actions will be a little different. There should be no groove, as the board will have a small thickness. Stages then should be attached to the testers using the corners made of steel, with wide shelves.
• Now the governments of the workspace should be made using studs. This makes it possible to increase the durability and reliability of the design. Under the grooves, we make holes, where after installing the steps we put the studs and on both sides we carry out a screed with bolts.
• When the working and support regions were made, they should collect them in one design through hinge hinges, or as an alternative solution, brackets.
• Now at the last stage, the ladder is attached from the bottom, which will not allow working and the working and reference parts very much.

Finish treatment

It should be said that the stepladders and stairs made from the tree should take place finish-handling. Its algorithm will include a number of steps.

• Details that a person takes into hand, everyone should be polished with the help of emery. As already mentioned, it is necessary to reduce the risk that you can drive the opposition. And also both before and after assembling the design, you should clean the surfaces that were deformed mold. Here you can use even special tools.
• In order to improve the characteristics of the wood in the confrontation of the effects of various natural and anthropogenic factors, the design of a special existence should be soaked. This is an antiseptic, which will not allow the tree to rot, and mold - to form. Naturally, it will significantly increase its time of its work.
• When the product is collected, it is necessary to impregnate it with the help of olifa, after which it is covered with paint or paint materials.
• Of course, what a ladder and how - everyone decides on their own. But you should not forget that it should not only look aesthetic, but also to be a safe, functional and durable.

Hello everybody!
How to get to the item that is in an inaccessible height? How to assemble fruits from the top of the tree or make painting at home? Such questions, most likely, visited you more than once, it was for these purposes that a special device was invented, which is called a stepladder.

The ladders are perhaps the most popular and necessary stairs, they are used in everyday life, and in other areas of activity.
This article will describe the method of manufacturing an appropriate staircase, with a detailed photo of the report.

For the manufacture of the ladder, we will need:

Materials:

Two bars 60 * 40 mm;
- Bar 50 * 35 mm;
- self-tapping screw;
- Paint.

Tool:

Wooden hacksaw, or another existing cutting tool;
- Sander;
- drill;
- a hammer;
- ax;
- Mount.

Let's start with the fact that we take two vertical instruments with a cross section of a bar of 60 * 40 mm, we take it at its discretion, in this case the length was 3.6 m.

In order for the staircase to make a durable and upper line of steps when the slope was horizontal, we make special cuts, we put markings in those places where we plan to install the steps, the distance between the crossbars we take 30 cm. Bar for steps we use with a section of 50 mm, according to these sizes We make markup, it is applied on both sides of the thest. Next, we note the depth of the back - 15-20 mm. The resulting labels connect the oblique line with each other, as shown in the photo.

Then with the help of a sharp ax and a hammer, we remove a part of the wood at an angle, but before this hacksaw you need to make a deepening on the lined line, this is for the bar not split in an unnecessary place for us.

The ax use as a planer, aligning the corner of the back.

Similarly, we make scubons on both assets.

Next, using a grinding machine, we proceed the surface of the bar.

You need to thoroughly align the scubons taken by us.

Now with the help of paint stain in the inside of the knots. Put them to complete drying.

Next, we take a bar with a cross section of 50 * 35 mm for steps, it needs to be modified a little. Take the runovok and with the help of it we remove the chamfer. We make the same operation on each bar.

Then you need to make one of the sides of the base Basova, for this we take the angular ruler and with the help of a pencil we apply markup.

When everything is ready, with the help of a cutting tool, we scream all the uneven edges, then process the surface with a grinding machine, ends smoothed.

Now you can proceed to the manufacture of the upper and lower crossbar of the stairs. In order to distinguish the top and bottom of the ladder, it needs to be done with a little narrowing. The upper part must be shorter than the bottom. The width of the stairs take 65 cm below and 55 - from above. Dimensions can be taken at their discretion. With the help of roulette, we mark the length.

With the help of the kitchen, we apply markup in the place where the future step will be made.

We start cut.

When the steps are ready, process the ends with a grinding machine.

Next, at the edges of the bar, we find the center, for this you need to retreat from each of the edges to half the thickness of the taper (20 mm).

Then we make holes under the tapping screws. Saws must be fluent in this hole.

We make a zenkovka using for this drill a larger diameter.

Now we install the upper and lower crossbar, placing and aligning them in a score. The ends of the steps make a thief with side parts of the tent. After that, through the available holes in the steps we make a label of the place where the hole will be drilled. They are needed so that the screws do not split wood when twisting. The holes were made by a 0.2-0.3 less drill than the thickness of the screws.

Now you can fix the step in your place, but before this follows the clamping side of the crossbar to paint.

When the stairs are given the necessary dimensions, add missing steps, for this we put the harvested bars into the scubrons, exposing the base ends to the flip of the theater.

This mobile version of the staircase has a lot of advantages if it is compared with various stationary counterparts. The stepladder can be used where and for anything (treatment of the ceiling or walls, replacement of the bulb, harvesting fruit), conveniently transport (for example, to give and back) and store, as this folding design is quite compact and does not take much space even in a small-sized Apartment.

Taking into account the fact that the household set of tool is usually no difference in a large variety, make a ladder with their own hands the easiest of the tree, as the material, the most supportive in terms of cutting and processing.

The manufacture of "do-it-yourself" a priorie implies an element of creativity, that is, a free interpretation of various practical advice, if certain provisions are not specifically stipulated. If the nuances of the ladder manufacturing will become clear, it will be easy and its drawing will be drawn up, and the ladder-clamshell on it to collect. And the choice of wood (by the breed, the length of the blanks, section) and other materials - to their own discretion.

From the point of view of the author, this stage is even more important than the workflow itself. If a person does not know (all the more, it does not know how), how to do the cut and processing sawn timber, which is necessary for their drilling, the specifics of the choice of tool for various technological operations (the list of questions can be continued), it will never take to make anything with his own hands . As they say, if "is not given, then ...". Consequently, it is this item that requires a more detailed consideration.

Drawing up drawing

The folding staircase is manufactured for various purposes. If it is intended for use in the bulk room (hangar, warehouse or something like that), then its dimensions should be impressive. Here you need to consider whether a person can not just reach the top rack, and something else to put something on him or shoot.

Height

Since the larders are collected mainly for domestic use, it is not necessary to carry out any complex computing in order to understand - the optimal strip length of the ladder of 1.5 - 1.7 m. Perhaps someone considers it differently, so It is appropriate to argue. Taking into account the height of the residential (and most utility) premises + the middle growth of a person of this is quite enough to stand even on the penultimate step, reach the ceiling.

The same applies to work on the garden plot. Trimming fruit trees is made in different ways, depending on the species, but the recommended maximum height of their crown is from 2.5 to 3.5 m. This refers to an apple tree, cherry, plum, pear, that is, everything that grows on our cottages and house territories. Consequently, it does not make sense to produce with your own hands. This is an increased consumption of lumber, and an increase in weight, and the inconvenience of reinstallation alone - the minuses of the massive team ladder is enough.

Come out

For stationary stairs, its magnitude is recommended at the rate of 45th size. The specifics of using the stepladder lies in the fact that it is not intended to move people, and to work on it. That is, a combination of convenience and safety when performing some operations at the height. Therefore, coming (that is, the width of the stage) should not be less than 30 cm. If the upper platform is provided in the design of the stepladder, then this parameter can be increased to 40 - 45.

In the manufacture of a stepladder with your own hands, you can not take a board for steps, but bars. Here is one of these designs.

Number of steps

This will have to be determined independently. In the first place - the convenience of lifting (descent) on the lap. As a rule, between the steps, the distance is selected in the range of 25 ± 5 cm. Here it is necessary to take into account the overall height of the folding staircase, as well as the angle to which its "legs" (that is, the steepness). In most cases, in the process of calculations, the number of steps does not work. The way out of the position is simple - to reduce the interval between the first and lower cut of the Kosomrov or the penultimate and the working platform. If all this take into account, make the markup easy.

Length steps

For a stepladder, it changes towards a decrease in the height of the stairs. This design is assembled as a pyramid with a truncated vertex. Therefore, the recommended length of the steps (cm) is from 55 (lower) to 35 (top). This is quite enough to make it convenient to rise on the ladder and descend from it.

Choosing materials

Wood breed

It is worth considering not only the specifics of using the stepladder, but and where it is supposed to be stored. For example, if it is only needed for the house, and there is no possibility to put such a staircase into the pantry, then for the apartment you can make it with the calculation so that it becomes an element of the overall interior. For example, collect here for such a scheme.

In the folded state, the stepladder turns into a convenient and original highchair. In this case, it makes sense to choose more expensive wood. Or a breed with a good texture that, after a certain processing (, varnish), will acquire a wonderful look.

Here are still quite good options for the design of folding mini-stairs. They will definitely not be a hindrance in any room, but on the contrary, just decorate it and bring an element of originality.

For a ladder, which is stored somewhere, no matter what tree will be used. If such a staircase is intended mainly to work out of construction (at the receiving territory, dacha), then you should navigate the coniferous rocks as more resistant to rotting. Optimally, taking into account the combination of strength, durability and prices - pine.

Quality

The stepladder is the design loaded. Human weight, some tools and devices - all this requires the special reliability of the "clamshells". Therefore, wood with significant defects in the form of cracks, chips for the folding ladder is clearly not suitable.

Degree of Osushkin

Here briefly. If the tree is not sufficiently dry (with an increased percentage of humidity), then you should not do anything from it from it, but not just a stepladder. No matter how correctly it is assembled, after a certain time it is trite "will behave." Such a staircase is quite risky.

Linear parameters of the workpiece

Even at the maximum length of the cowrs, there is enough timber with a cross section of 4 x 4, 3 x 5 or 6 x 6. This will not particularly affect the weight, and the strength of the stepladder will be ensured. If the board is selected, it is possible to limit the samples by 15 or 20. Again, when determining the type of sawn timber, you should navigate the dimensions of the stairs, so it is clear to definitely recommend specific sizes meaningless.

Accessories

Spokes

Their length is determined based on the size of the upper steps and the overall thickness of the cosome. But the diameter is at least 8 mm, otherwise such axes will gradually bend.

"Shoe"

The lower ends of the Kosomrov is preferably a shoe, even if the stepladder is done with their own hands for garden work. In the room - all the more, otherwise it is not to avoid the appearance of scratches on the floors. What to use? Since the material will be subjected to enhanced abrasion, the optimal choice is RTI. Felt and the like for a ladder is not the best solution, since this staircase is a mobile version, and it is constantly transferred from place to place.

Another thing is what rubber to take? If a soft variety, it is quickly extended, although in terms of stability is preferable, as it will be partially "smoothing" the irregularities of the base. Rigid rubber is more durable, but to establish with such "shoes" the stepladder on the uneven surface is somewhat more complicated.

Everything else is fasteners (self-tapping screws, corners, loops, plates), glue, cord (connecting chain) will not be difficult to choose independently, depending on the design features of the folding staircase.

Typical drawings of various stepladder

Nuances of the manufacturer of the stepladder do it yourself

One who is all used to doing with their own hands, explain how and what to produce wood sample, the specifics of the articulation of the structural elements of the stairs - just waste time. Collect on the finished drawing steplaying a good home master is easy. But to pay attention to a number of aspects.

During the markup of the cosos, to determine the installation locations, you need to designate the drilling points. To ensure strength in some cases, these structural elements are desirable to increase metal knitting needles. As a last resort - powerful screws.

Fastening "Bashmakov" also has its own specifics. First, the lower cuts of the cosomov need to round a little. This will increase the convenience of installing the stepladder anywhere and will reduce the wear of the width material (stickers). Secondly, it is necessary to correctly determine the method of fixing "shoes". If the RTI is elastic enough, then you can use screws. Their heads with strong screwing "drown" into the rubber will not leave scratches on the floor. But since the dimensions of such fasteners are small, it can rty quickly break. Therefore, it is necessary to put the puck under the head.

In the case of using hard RTI - only landing for glue. It will not be possible to put the head into such rubber, therefore, scratching the floor will not have the legs of the stepladder, but the fastener itself. You can do it like this, from the girlfriend.

On the side parts of the cosome (at the top, closer to the site), it is advisable to fix a couple of hooks. They can be suspended with paint bucket, dishes for collecting fruits, bag with tools and the like. The fact that the stepladder with such devices will be much more convenient to use - obviously. It is not bad to fix at the top and at least one cut pipe. Better - plastic. It turns out a practical case into which you can put a hammer, a long screwdriver or something else, constantly necessary in the work.

In order for the "legs" of the stepladder during his stay on it, they did not accidentally dissolve, about ½ height of the cosomers, the so-called "limiter" is attached. Such a device, homemade masters are often neglecting, but the installed cord (chain or long hook) is in most cases protecting from falling from a mini-staircase.

In principle, to make with your own hands the stepladder is easy for any drawing. The main thing is to take into account all the nuances of its further use and correctly select the size of all elements.

Successes in independent design and assembly of a folding staircase!

The household is very often required to hang curtains or get to the dusty chandelier. This will help you a stepladder that can be made with your own hands at home from the tree. However, you will first need to get acquainted with all the technologies of this type of work, as well as to acquire the necessary tools and materials.

Tools and materials

If you decide to make a stepladder from a treeYou will definitely need a hacksaw for a tree with a thickness of a teeth of 3 mm. We also need a roulette, a kitty and a simple pencil. In addition to the above, you will have to find the hammer, drill, screwdriver and a sheet of sandpaper of medium grain in your arsenal. Drills must be made specifically for wood, the diameter of which is 12 and 3 millimeters, and the length of the working part is 50 mm. Self-screw screws use as fasteners, they must also be made specifically for wood. M10 bolts will be used, 120 millimeters long. They will need to purchase or find nuts and washers (4-ki) in the amount of eight pieces.

Before making a wooden ladder, it is necessary to prepare special chains, which will continue to perform in the role of clamps. The length of such a chain should be 50 centimeters. All chain links must be made of a wire with a thickness of 1.5-2 millimeters, while the length of the link should be not more than 1 centimeter. Also required 4 semicircular staples for fixing the chain.

Work with details

For the manufacture of a wooden lap with their own hands, it is recommended to use a special bar, which was pre-dry well. From it will be made racks and crossbars. The cross section of such a bar should be 40 to 70 millimeters. If you are using a lumber, which has been purchased for a long time, be sure to make sure that there are no defects on it, and the surface is perfectly smooth. Even one small bitch It may negatively affect the quality of the whole design. Wood color should not have extraneous gray and dark brown inclusions. An ideal choice will be a yellowish tint.

Ladders and backups are two main parts that will have a future design. They are connected by hinges, which are performed by bolts and washers. The crossbars and racks are bonded by self-draws. Also, the crossbars must be styled by 3 centimeters, and in the racks produce 20 millimeter grooves. Before installing, these items should be lubricated with PVA in places of connection for a higher strength of a wooden lap. Experts recommend using Special carpentry glue, but in the absence of such a good option will be the use of PVA.

Conducting an assembly

Manufacture of wooden staircase With your own hands, must be accompanied by a careful processing of parts from the sandy paper. Such a procedure will make it all correctly, as requires that technology. Only after that it will be possible to start assembling wooden billets with your own hands. After assembly, we expect a few hours until the glue is completely dry.

The design surface is recommended to be painted with oil paint, pre-reloading it. After that, connect the staircase with the support using the bolts. The final stage will be fixing the design with chains and brackets. This will make it almost impossible to the discrepancy between the elements of the stairs in different directions and give the design a huge reliability.

Alternative to self-made stepladder

Before making garden A stirrer of wood with their own hands it is necessary to determine what structures it will consist. For example, it can be made according to the type of tobupere. In this case, the garden staircase consists of parts: Lestenka, connecting rails, support rack and seat. If you want to make dimensions as they are recommended to make professionals, then the following information is for you.

Step between the theater and support resistant There must be about 60 centimeters. Note that this value is equivalent to the maximum. Also, the 60 centimeters will be equal to the height of the seat, and its dimensions should be 30 per 50 cm. For normal operation, three steps are formed, located at a distance of 20 centimeters from each other. From the bottom stage to the floor and from the seat to the upper stage, the distance should also be 20 cm.

Subtleties of work

For the manufacture of the seat, two reiki bases will be needed, as well as five transverse regions. Before fastening the regches of each other, be sure to treat wood using the sandpaper of medium grain. Returning from the edge of the racks of the base 5 centimetersMake a mark for making cutters. This will help strengthen on the basis of the bases of transverse bars, with the help of which they will make the seat.

In the manufacture of the homemade staircase, it is best to make a special drawing in advance. For such a drawing it is easy to navigate when building, and without it it is easy to get confused. Horizontally, we have the steps on the drawing, while the staircase is fixed under a certain slope. Grooves for steps should be performed at an angle. To accurately calculate the degree of the angle, collect design on the surface without using rails and steps. Making grooves for steps, try to make them less than the thickness of the workpiece itself provides.

Additional facilities

In order to workWith which you will apply a wooden lap has become easier and more convenient, you can make additional parts for the wooden structure. For example, a pair of hooks nailed from the end of the long element will allow when working in the garden or garden do not keep a heavy bucket with harvest in their hands. You just hang the containerIn which you collect a crop on this hook and you immediately exempt your hands, which increases the efficiency and speed of the work.

You can also make a wide stage on the top of the staircase, so that you can put a bucket or a can with paint on it, and in cases where you need to reach more - to get on with both legs. However, in this case, it is worth equipping the staircase with a special handle for which you could stay hands for greater safety.

Thus, a properly manufactured ladder can be used almost on any kind of work related to the height: in the apartment or in the garden. The aluminum variants offered by manufacturers do not cause senses of reliability and stability, and the wooden is quite the opposite, and besides, it will cost cheaper.

The stepladder with their own hands

The stepladder with their own hands is an incredibly useful device in the farm, especially if you are the owner of a private house. How to make a stepladder? It's pretty simple - for this you will need a minimum of effort and materials.

Design features

Since the manufacturer of the stepladder you plan do it yourself, you need to first consider the device of such a staircase. In essence, this is a more advanced model of the inlet design. Her appearance and purpose may vary. The simplest stepladders are adapted only in order to get to the upper tiers, but no more.

Steps can be located both solely on the one hand, and on both, depending on the type of model.

There are more advanced models. For example, if you do a stepladder, the best option than the transformer is not found. It can be used as a folding or conventional gear staircase. Also, the transformer has a spacious top platform, which serves to ensure the convenience of construction work on top, that is, plays the role of the stage.

The indisputable advantage of the stepladder is that such a design is very compact at its level of convenience and ergonomics. That is why it enjoys such a success to this day.

The design of the stepladder is essentially two connected palm stairs

Selection of materials and tools

Predical stepladder can be made from both one material and from their combination. The standard options are wooden and metal models.

The stair staircase made with its own hands from the tree has the following advantages:

• ease;
• simplicity of material processing;
• availability of parts;
• aesthetic look.

However, over time, wood can deteriorate: to drain, rotate, bargain. Therefore, sometimes it is more profitable to make a ladder from metal with your own hands. The optimal option is a stainless aluminum profile or light tubes.

For the manufacture of a ladder mainly used wood or aluminum profile

In order to construct a conventional ladder-ladder or a tree transformer or profile, you will need the following tools:

• hacksaw or saw;
• screwdriver;
• sandpaper;
• corolnic;
• level;
• stuslo;
• roulette;
• pencil;
• fastening for steps and supports.

List of necessary tools

Wooden staircase

The most accessible and easy-to-process option is the manufacture of a wooden lap with your own hands. First you need to make drawings. To do this, determine the configuration of the future product and its main parameters.

Example of a simple version of the wooden stepladder

For standard stepladders, bars are used for the tales and boards for the arrangement of stable steps. To begin with, determine the height of the structure, taking into account its change in the unfolded state. Cut the wooden beams of a suitable length. The lower ends of the rigs are cut at an angle of about 80 degrees so that the staircase is sufficiently stable.

Next is the manufacture of the crossbar, that is, you need to cut the boards for the steps. Their number is calculated based on the total length of the stairs and the optimal distance between the elements. The standard is considered to be a 35 cm step. The length of the lower stage should be at least 65 cm, and the top is 35 cm.

Note that the stepladder, regardless of whether the transformer is or not, there is a narrowing distance in the bottom up, so the dimensions of the steps will need to be adjusted along the assembly of the stairs.

How to make a wooden ladder platform? If you want to make a convenient transformer, use the same boards as for steps to lean the steady platform from them.

For the assembly of the wooden staircase, metal bolts, spacer axles and hinged elements are used. First of all, it is necessary to connect the tents with steps. For this purpose, nails or self-tapping screws are robbed into the ends, and the joints are additionally processed with glue. The crossbars must go perpendicular to the floor, taking into account the larger position of the stepladder. If this is a transformer, additionally is equipped with a platform support.

Build a wooden staircase to be made using metal bolts

Hinges are attached to the movement of halves. On the side they are connected by the stroke limiter, and the tents are tightened with metal rods at least three places: from above, below and in the middle behind the steps. The second half can be made as or used for its scribble board, nailed across and diagonally.

Metal staircase

As for the manufacture of metal stepladder with their own hands, it is necessary to observe special caution when working. There is a risk of drowning about sharp edges, so it is important to handle them with high quality after cutting or use plugs to protect your hands and legs during the operation of the finished product.

For the manufacture of their own hands, the ladders from the profile pipe will additionally need screws with nuts and drill. Metal drawings are prepared by a similar method. It is advisable in this case to make one half of the design longer. So the convenient handles are obtained, and the ability to fasten the hinge without prejudice to the strength of the product. You can make a transformer with aluminum sheet for the site.

Metal staircase most often made from the profile pipe

The ladder-a stepladder from an ordinary profile is made in the same way. After you devour all the necessary details, you should process their edges. To connect, drill holes in the metal and impose bolts in them. Then secure them with nuts. Hinges are installed in the same way as in wooden models. At the same time, instead of a complex side limiter, you can use the same segment of the pipe, consolidating it on movable bolts.

Metal stepladder can also have a welded design

Protective treatment

If for a metal staircase, additional measures can be represented only by mounting anti-slip linings and lubrication of hinges, the self-made stepladder from the tree requires additional processing to protect against dampness and bacteria.

Wooden product need to be treated with antiseptic impregnation to prevent rotting

First of all, it is necessary to apply an antiseptic impregnation on wood, which will protect it from rotting and create a water-repellent film. The optimal option is an additional lacquer coating. At the same time, try not to hurt the fasteners. But the paint will not always be appropriate. However, it will be consolidated as an extreme option. If you do everything right, the new stepladder will serve you for a very long time.