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Post by Bruce Tackett on May 24, 2018 16:53:37 GMT
If you can make your own dumbbells a swingbell is even easier. Made by mikey: Made by Brian Long: The pipe holding the plates is 3/4" which slips through the 1" tees connected to the 1" pipes.
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Post by gruntbrain on May 24, 2018 18:32:56 GMT
Adjustable strap passed through weight plates and a PVC pipe or thick walled vinyl hose can function as a swingwell, dumbbell, and even a kettlebell .
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Post by mr potatohead on May 25, 2018 14:27:46 GMT
In the old Zen forum, I posted pics of my fat handle DBs, made by telescoping PVC pipe over the bar. Unfortunately, I no longer have those pix or I would post them here. The handles are the standard 1", over which I slid two nesting lengths of PVC pipes, making the outside diameter of the handle 1.75" instead of the stock 1". I cut the outside PVC slightly shorter than the inside one which is bearing against the plastic plates. This allows the outside handle to rotate in use. These DBs are all that I have remaining from my Ted Williams Sears weight set I bought in the late 60's. I picked up some era-matching 5# plates at a sale so that, now, those DBs weigh 22.5# each. Not a very heavy weight, but a nice amount to work with.
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