Wooden Step (No Welding)

[Don52]

I built a wooden step to help my wife get into bed. After she tried it out, she decided that it needed to be higher so I added a 2” addition to the step. In addition to the extension, I also added an outrigger to stabilize it if you stepped on the edge of the step. I used biscuits to attach the extension to the original step, because it would be the most minimalistic method and still allow for some lateral adjustment during gluing.

1. Original 7-inch-tall step


2. Bottom view of step


3. Bottom dato


4. Shelf dato


5. Chop saw

[Don52]

6. Dato blade


7. Wobble blade


8. Biscuit cutting machine


9. Biscuit cutter

10. Biscuit cut detail

[Don52]

11. Biscuit installed


12. Side extensions glued and clamped


13. Front and back extensions installed and glued


14. New 9-inch-tall step

[walker]

If you had only asked, I have a piece of 1/2 wall 8”X8” tube that you could have had for free.

[Don52]

If you had only asked, I have a piece of 1/2 wall 8”X8” tube that you could have had for free.

I do prefer working with metal as opposed to wood.

-Don

[Oldgrandad]

You have a biscuit tool! Nice. Your a wood worker too. Good looking step.

[tarry99]

Wow nice clear wood.....looks like 5/4 ? can't find anything that nice out in Cally..

[Don52]

You have a biscuit tool! Nice. Your a wood worker too. Good looking step.

Thanks.

Wow nice clear wood.....looks like 5/4 ? can't find anything that nice out in Cally..

The top is just the glued together planking that you an purchase from Home Depot or Lowes.
It is actually 5/8" thick. I just ripped one inch wood , which is actually 3/4" thick, for the sides and the extension.

-Don

[Sberry]

I got a big RAS I dont really use and a table saw I use occasionally and the finest wood tools they ever invent being a cordless sawzall, circ, and battery drill for deck screws. I should get a compound miter and some kind of router set up and fixture the modest planer a bit more convenient,. A lot of cheap material and salvage with wood.