Building a Better Wheelchair

Maybe we can all pitch in on the word-smithing issue. I was thinking of helping out with that as well. Why not just copy and paste the text into any old document editor and proofread/change as needed. Then submit for TDC57's approval.

Each one of the editors will come up with slightly different changes and read styles. This would help take some of the work load off TDC and spread it around to us. I know that many people are reading these and any help that we can offer will be great.

The more eyes that we have on this the better. I'll be sending you some attachments in the next few days with my notes. I am glad to help in anyway that I can. You inspire me.

[JThiessen]

I'm not sure how to explain the trailing nature of the caster without actually showing you (and I'm not certain that it will be an issue in this case). Lets see...to establish the directionality of lead casters - if you look at the picture of you in the yellow chair with the wheels lifted off the ground - notice that the caster is swiveled toward the back of the chair? That's what I'm referring to as the lead on the caster, and how swivel casters have a direction. Now, with the chair on the ground, and with no one in it, do the casters tend to want to extend toward the front of the chair? If so, this is due to the angle that they are mounted at. I noticed that the blue chair doesn't have as much of an angle to the mount, nor as much lead to the caster.

Like I said, I dont know that it will be a manuverability issue with this chair. Its something I have issues with on carts that some of my guys put together at work if they dont pay attention to quality.

I wont be able to edit up a page until tomorrow night - just took a couple Nyquil - gotta shake this cold!