#modificution

[buildingwithidlehands]

My new and improved footplate.  With the plate I did a few months back, I noticed my feet would occasionally slip when going over bumpy terrain, so this new one has cutouts for some rubber pieces that I had 3D printed. I’ve counter-sinked the screw holes and had it anodized in as close to a titanium color as they could do.

[buildingwithidlehands]

Custom Wheelchair Foot Plate

The footplate on my wheelchair has always been too small and something I've been meaning to fix for years. I discovered a website called sculpteo.com, where you can upload a design and they can laser cut it out of a variety of materials.

Yeah, it's got my name on it. When you make your own parts, you can put your name on them. Don't judge me.

I got it about a week ago, and took it to the local bike shop to have the holes countersunk so the heads of the screws will be flush.

Flush!

I then took it to Alexandria metal finishers and had it anodized (a hardened protective coating on the surface). I was hoping they would be able to get it close to looking like the titanium finish on my chair. Anodizing is a tricky process, so it's pretty hard to color match. Even so, the finish they put on it comes pretty close.

And here's what it looks like the chair.

If someone ever got a hold of my chair, they could use my footplate as a stencil to sign my name and commit check fraud.

Yeah, but what does my last name look like? Aha!