How to Make an Ice Grip for Crutches

If you're going to use crutches on ice, even for only a brief period of time, it is essential that you outfit them with ice grips to prevent additional injury; "Science Daily" reports that in the U.S. there are over 3,500 mobility-aid related injuries annually among children alone. Make walking on ice in crutches safer with homemade ice grips fashioned with common household tools.

Things You'll Need

• Extra pair of rubber floor grip caps
• Compass
• Jigsaw
• 1/4-inch plywood
• Stainless steel screws
• Screw driver

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Instructions

• 1

  Measure the inside diameter of the extra pair of rubber floor grip caps. With this measurement, use a compass to draw two circular discs on a 1/4-inch piece of plywood.

• 2

  Cut out the discs from the 1/4-inch plywood using a jigsaw. Insert one disc into each rubber floor grip cap.

• 3

  Screw 3 to 4 stainless steel screws through the plywood inside each cap. Space the pointy screw tip equally apart in a circular pattern with at least 1/4 inch out the bottom of the cap protruding.

• 4

  Remove the regular rubber floor grip caps and replace with the ice grip caps before going outdoors. Remember to slide the regular caps back on for indoor use.