Funny where this DIY lark can lead you...
For ages I have had a short extension lead draped across the room to power the fridge since its original socket was eliminated in a bit of a reorganisation when the boiler was changed. So finally locating the required shape of tuit, I decided to stick in a new socket properly.
Glossing over the whole "wall seems to be made of nuclear strike proof concrete block" that laughed at the attempts of my SDS to touch it, and required more considered coaxing with the SDS Max concrete breaker - we had a new socket back box nicely chased in ready for wiring. Being about waist height and on a hard tiled floor, I though it would be easier to sit on something low to wire it up. Normally I sit on the toolbox with my electrical kit in it, but this time I had only bothered grabbing the cutters, earth sleeve, screwdriver, and a rubber grommet from it, and had left the rest in the workshop. So I thought - aha, will borrow SWMBOs hideous green plastic step stool from the kitchen.
With hindsight that was a mistake. They seem to rely on a certain amount of friction on the floor to not splay their legs to the side when loaded. Needless to say, me + plus smooth floor was too much for it, and I narrowly avoided a jagged green plastic enema as fragments of it flew in all directions!!
So I thought I would make a nice traditional step stool as a replacement. Ideally out of oak since that is what the cupboards are faced with. Fortunately I remembered there was a spare kitchen unit cupboard door in the garage. So I hacked it about a bit, and came up with this:
Top is about 14" by 9", and it stands about 10" tall. The "pegged" stretcher seems to keep it all nice an solid regardless of load.
The design was a figment of my imagination, but if anyone wants plans, let me know and I will draw some.