Icon Wheelchairs - wider front end (or "the grommet")

JeffAdams · 11-29-2011, 12:13 AM

When we got back from San Jose Abilities Expo, Christian went straight to work on this - it's our first "proof of concept" model of the front end.

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We'll do a couple revisions, put it into CAD, sit a virtual model in it to check clearances, make some prototypes, wreck a couple on the test machine, create bend tools, and make a bunch of them.

CurvySAT05 · 11-29-2011, 05:35 AM

No offense, but I'm glad your chairs come out better than your drawings

Don't know who drew it...but I'm happy the chairs seem to be getting rave reviews from all here who have tested them.

taziar · 11-29-2011, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by CurvySAT05

No offense, but I'm glad your chairs come out better than your drawings

Don't know who drew it...but I'm happy the chairs seem to be getting rave reviews from all here who have tested them.

It's a good thing the pieces are labeled.

DaleB · 11-29-2011, 10:55 AM

That's great, Jeff. Is the footrest space a bit wider, too?

grommet · 11-29-2011, 01:28 PM

I love it. I think it will work for me and geez (blush), you called it "The Grommet" :-)

Thanks Jeff

11-29-2011, 12:13 AM	#1
JeffAdams Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 396	Icon Wheelchairs - wider front end (or "the grommet") When we got back from San Jose Abilities Expo, Christian went straight to work on this - it's our first "proof of concept" model of the front end. We'll do a couple revisions, put it into CAD, sit a virtual model in it to check clearances, make some prototypes, wreck a couple on the test machine, create bend tools, and make a bunch of them.

11-29-2011, 05:35 AM	#2
CurvySAT05 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southern California Posts: 488	No offense, but I'm glad your chairs come out better than your drawings Don't know who drew it...but I'm happy the chairs seem to be getting rave reviews from all here who have tested them. __________________ ~Mandy~ SCI as a result of spinal surgery TiLite Aero Z!!!

11-29-2011, 10:55 AM	#4
DaleB Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tidewater, VA Posts: 5,108	That's great, Jeff. Is the footrest space a bit wider, too? __________________ __________________ He who hears not me but the Logos will say: All is one.

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11-29-2011, 01:28 PM	#5
grommet Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Posts: 1,832	I love it. I think it will work for me and geez (blush), you called it "The Grommet" :-) Thanks Jeff