09-09-2019, 08:29 PM
It's easier than you think--first you assemble the legs, then assemble the hoop that the jumping surface attaches to, attach the hoop to the legs, aand attach the surface to the hoop with springs with the metal triangles around the circumference of the surface.
The KEY tip is this: the surface attaches to the hoop via springs. DON'T attach the springs to the hoop and then try to pull the metal triangles to the springs. Instead, attach the springs to the triangles, and then use the tool (looks like one of those things you use to lace ice skates) to pull the spring to the hoop.
I did it the other way around (trying to pull the triangles to the springs)--which worked for maybe a third of the surface, and then nearly sawed my fingers in half. If you pull on the spring, you get the advantage of the natural stretchiness of the springs--easy peasy.
Wasted nearly an hour and got a bunch of bruised fingers trying the wrong way--daughter Anonymouse1 figured out the right way, and now she's happily bouncing away!
The KEY tip is this: the surface attaches to the hoop via springs. DON'T attach the springs to the hoop and then try to pull the metal triangles to the springs. Instead, attach the springs to the triangles, and then use the tool (looks like one of those things you use to lace ice skates) to pull the spring to the hoop.
I did it the other way around (trying to pull the triangles to the springs)--which worked for maybe a third of the surface, and then nearly sawed my fingers in half. If you pull on the spring, you get the advantage of the natural stretchiness of the springs--easy peasy.
Wasted nearly an hour and got a bunch of bruised fingers trying the wrong way--daughter Anonymouse1 figured out the right way, and now she's happily bouncing away!
