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Ladder leveller - ABC Inventor's Winner - 1978.

Noyade
Home Improvement Guru

Ladder leveller - ABC Inventor's Winner - 1978.

I purchased this from the Salvos Store yesterday.

Wonderful flashback - I remember the ABC TV show. 😁

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inventors_(Australian_TV_program)

 

Don't remember this product though.

Original packaging.

Everything there - no missing parts.

 

Just one issue with the "Ladder Leveller" - it's only designed for straight ladder legs - not splayed.

Thoughts/ideas on overcoming this?

 

Cheers.

 


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Noyade
Home Improvement Guru

Re: ABC Inventor's Winner - 1978.

Hi @JacobZ 

 

Does it feel stable?

 

It doesn't look good - does it?! 😁

It's not bad, but I wouldn't try it with a 3 metre ladder. As you appreciate, the tube component must be 'free' from the triangular metal plate so you can change angles - hence there is some inherent movement forwards and backwards, if that makes sense.

In the end it was nostalgia and a desire to see this work that drove me - plus, I'm supporting the Salvation Army charity.

Interestingly, even for an 'Australian Invention' in 1978 - it was manufactured in Taiwan.

Cheers and thanks for watching.

 

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