Buy Equpment?
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Topic: Buy Equpment?
Posted By: 76aztec
Subject: Buy Equpment?
Date Posted: 12/26/13 at 4:52pm
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For anyone who will answer: I was looking to do some training highland style. I have had some strength training but I want to try something different. Maybe I'll compete one day, but for now, it's for fitness. Where would one purchase the weights(weight for throw, hammer in particular) without breaking the bank? I appreciate any feedback you would provide. Sincerely, Sam |
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Posted By: Calamari
Date Posted: 12/27/13 at 10:36am
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You can make your own, it won't be exactly the same but close enough.
Hammer - schedule 80 pvc - 50 inches long. Stack 1" hole weight plates and secure
WFD/WOB - Eyebolt, stack weights, short chain make 18inches long. You can bend rebar into a handle
Sheaf - Buy a bag from Jason Clevenger
Caber - barn poles
That will get you started in the right direction, you will want to invest in some "real weights" down the road though
Pitchfork - ACE Hardware, order a 3 tine and a sander - sand them down until they are ice picks ------------- Representing the new World orange. Sponsored by Mississippi Security Police, WGUD Channel 19 |
Posted By: mpac
Date Posted: 12/28/13 at 9:36am
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Landrich Power Systems on facebook. ------------- Rich McClain JUST SHUT UP AND THROW! |
Posted By: Sean
Date Posted: 12/28/13 at 11:35am
| Heh. HG for fitness :) |
Posted By: nkahanic
Date Posted: 12/28/13 at 6:50pm
| Landrich power systems for the win...best implements on the market and they cost is def reasonable... |
Posted By: Hapy
Date Posted: 12/28/13 at 10:55pm
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Nothing against Mike, but we should also mention Malcolm's Old Celt, who is a sponsor of the Nasgaweb board. ------------- Real Men Wear Purple Tinky Winky Throw Far! http://www.facebook.com/CVTSA" rel="nofollow - Central Vermont Strength Association |
Posted By: mike landrich
Date Posted: 12/29/13 at 2:39pm
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No offense taken, as he is indeed a sponsor and makes good stuff. |
Posted By: Speer
Date Posted: 12/30/13 at 9:56am
Yeah, its that securing bit which is the gotcha in building yer own  Another rec for Landrich or Old Celt. Terrific quality and you will have no problem re-selling here if you move on. |
Calamari wrote:Posted By: 76aztec
Date Posted: 12/31/13 at 4:42pm
| Thank you for the great sdvice!!!! |
Posted By: 76aztec
Date Posted: 12/31/13 at 4:43pm
| Thanks for the feedback!!! |
Posted By: 76aztec
Date Posted: 12/31/13 at 4:45pm
| Thanks for the tip!!! |
Posted By: Duncan McCallum
Date Posted: 12/31/13 at 8:18pm
1. Don't do that with the hammer. It MIGHT work for awhile, but after the first few throws you are likely to lose the plates as whatever you've used to secure them will probably have loosened up. Worse, this might happen while you are doing winds; this can be kinda scary and if the head breaks off while you are winding it can be pretty painful too. Ask me how I know. Any one of the hammer-makers on this Forum can make you a head which will basically last forever (unless it's an Old Celt and you hit a water fountain with it...and even after that it STILL takes a handle...barely!)
2. WFD...same problem as above. Unless you've got a Sorinex Ballistica or something, these USUALLY don't hold up well...based on what I've seen. Just sayin.
3. Sheaf bag...yup. JClev marks the bags with a number which I am assuming is their number relative to the first one he ever made; that being said, I think he is up over 500. This is not an accident. You are probably going to see a Clevenger bag at one or more of the Games you attend...not shilling for Jason (he doesn't need it) but you might as well practice with what you are going to see on Games day.
4. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Don't do that with barn poles! Barn poles are NOT made for this. No disrespect, but from your posts I gather you are a newer thrower; you probably don't have a lot of experience with the caber (if you do, my bad). Again, no disrespect, but one late pull with a barn pole or a bad drop means you just lost $50+ on an eighteen foot stick and now what you have is two nine footers. Or less. Don't do it. My throwing group has lost SO MUCH MONEY on barn poles breaking just like that that we'll never use them again. Period. Matt Vincent and the Pockoski's have laid out how to build a DIY stick; it might be a shade more expensive and is definitely more labor-intensive, but it'll be worth it if you cannot find your own to cut down.
5. Sheaf fork...well...I might know a guy.
If you are serious about the Games and have the disposable income, get a light hammer, a lwfd, a JClev bag. Give yourself every advantage.
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Posted By: mike landrich
Date Posted: 1/01/14 at 3:47pm
If you've ever had a pressure treated sliver, you know the other reason not to use them. One of the other personalities that shares space in my head is a woodworker. I've made hundreds of picnic tables, adirondack chairs, etc and can tell you the chemicals in PT wood are nasty painful, not to mention that the wood is pine, which is very weak.
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Posted By: Duncan McCallum
Date Posted: 1/01/14 at 4:03pm
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^^^
What he said! ------------- The man in the arena. |
Posted By: litlchiz
Date Posted: 1/07/14 at 6:32pm
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I have some LWFD that are loadable from 9 pounds up to 30 pounds, just fill it with shot or what ever you want for the weight you want. kiltedathletics.storenvy.com. And for the caber, I bought a 6x6x16 piece of lumber and tappered one end of it to pick it from. filled the cracks with glue, and it has been great. ------------- www.kiltedathletics.storenvy.com WWW.facebook.com/kiltedathletics |