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Victorian leg rest

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While touring south Jersey we lodged one night at a Victorian inn in Cape Cod, and this particular device was situated by a very comfortable arm chair in our room. After pondering ( for several hours) about the use of this simple structure I found a set of instructions about it’s use written in the bottom.

I used some scrap pine and in a couple of hours made three of this foot rest as presents and to puzzle my family and friends.

In case you feel like building one, it has the shape of an upside “T” with one side of the “T” being 9”, the other one about 11”, for a total of 20” 3/4” and the perpendicular part about 18”, and 11” wide. It is surprisingly comfortable and easy to use. According to how tall you are, or how big are your feet, you can use the short side of the “T”, or the long side, which ever is more comfortable.

-- Zipsss


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Napaman

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posted 71 days ago

interesting for sure!!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...SING WITH ME: "Sum...sum...sum...summ...summ...summ...summertime..."

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bryano

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posted 71 days ago

thats cool.

-- bryano

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Aubster

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posted 71 days ago

That’s a pretty neat device

-- A man who moves mountains starts one stone at a time.

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Chris

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posted 71 days ago

Neat, Simple & Functional… Who could ask for more?

-- Chris

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Scott Bryan

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posted 71 days ago

This would have been a good “what is it?” post. I am sure a lot of us would not have had a clue. This is an interesting and functional piece.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Colin

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posted 71 days ago

yes very nice, its always good to look at something different, do you use this a lot?

-- Colin, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "Every craftsman was once an amateur"

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GaryK

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posted 71 days ago

Can’t say I’ve ever seen one of those before. Thanks for the post.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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brunob

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posted 71 days ago

That’s a new one for me. Sure does look like fun to build.

-- Bruce from Central New York

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Kerry

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posted 71 days ago

Yes, very interesting. I would never have guessed what it was.

Kerry

-- Alberta, Canada

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lance

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posted 69 days ago

And we think hightech has all the answers. Thanks I will have to put it on my growing todo list.

-- Bob Lance, DE

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