Re-Bar and Woven Plastic Wheelchair

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HealthWiki > Disabled Village Children > Chapter 66: Designs for 6 Basic Wheelchairs > Re-Bar and Woven Plastic Wheelchair

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Weave back, seat, and footrest with ribbon, local wicker, cane rattan or polyethylene plastic.

Or use thin, lightly stretched strips of car inner tube, or canvas webbing.

For front fork and casters, use factory made casters or make your own.

To make your own see:
"Casters and Wheels",
"Front Caster Wheel",
"Caster Fork and Hubs".

SIDE VIEW

Re-bar is steel bar for reinforcing concrete, sold with building construction supplies. Use ½" smooth re-bar.

support cross bars

welded axle nut

sealed bearing hub and fork

slide-out footrest with kick pegs

used bicycle wheel (20" x 1 ¾")

wood wheel (5" x 1 ½") with ‘tire tread’ cut from an old car tire

SLIDE-OUT FOOTREST

kick-pegs

weld guide tubes

woven plastic

For axle designs see:

• "Hubs, Bearings and Axles"
  
• "Support of Axles"
  
• "Axles",
  
• "Heavy Duty Wheel Hubs"
  

This page was updated:25 Nov 2024