Aremus24
03-25-2010, 02:25 AM
Earlier this month I came here looking for information on a way to mount a speed bag with minimal drilling into walls and ceilings. I live in an apartment as a college student and by lease cannot put in any nails or screws.
Paranday responded with an old advertisement for a doorway mounted device.
http://www.speedbagforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2423
So, as these are no longer made, I took the concept and ran with it.
I present, my no screws speed bag mount.
Note that as a base board I used 2 pieces of scrap plywood, I will be replacing this now that I know the concept will work.
Picture 1: Shows basic layout without the boards that prop it on the door. Those are 2x4s on end, with a few inches sticking out from the base board. In those few inches are 1inch holes. Bolts connect the 2x4s to the baseboard.
Picture 2: Shows 2- 2x8s perpendicular to the 2x4s mentioned in Picture 1. Connected w/ same bolts holding 2x4s to baseboard, with ~6 inches of 2x8 sticking out past the far "door" side of the base board. These are simply resting on top of the door.
Picture 3:Vertically are 2, 8 inch 2x4s held into the door frame by a 1inch copper pipe. These have been cut to fit around the door molding, with a ridge facing as a sort of guide for the pipe (Ill try to get a better picture of this later). The pipe is cut to be ~1/8 inch longer than the gap so that it wedges in there tight enough to hold my 170 lbs (guess it will double as a chin up bar). The pipe is open on one end, and then capped on the other to provide a smooth slide when wedging it in place.
Picture 4: Another view, shows the contraption resting on the door on right.
Problems: Few actually. The weight of this thing keeps it pretty sturdy for light to medium hitting. A hard punch will knock it off the door ~1/4 inch, nothing a 5 lbs bag of sand on that outer corner wont fix though. The copper pipe wont budge w/o a hammer (... I'm hoping it will budge WITH a hammer...)
Main issue: This is the door to my bedroom in a 4 person apartment, and cannot be closed w/ this in place, so the setup as it is now is going to be moved to an A/C closet door.
Height adjustment: Higher: Cut 2x4s in half to be 2x2s maybe and hope you can shove your pipe higher (I cant, but don't need too)
Lower: Lower pipe x inches, add x inches of spacer board between 2x4s and 2x8s.
Enjoy, feel free to ask questions.
Paranday responded with an old advertisement for a doorway mounted device.
http://www.speedbagforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2423
So, as these are no longer made, I took the concept and ran with it.
I present, my no screws speed bag mount.
Note that as a base board I used 2 pieces of scrap plywood, I will be replacing this now that I know the concept will work.
Picture 1: Shows basic layout without the boards that prop it on the door. Those are 2x4s on end, with a few inches sticking out from the base board. In those few inches are 1inch holes. Bolts connect the 2x4s to the baseboard.
Picture 2: Shows 2- 2x8s perpendicular to the 2x4s mentioned in Picture 1. Connected w/ same bolts holding 2x4s to baseboard, with ~6 inches of 2x8 sticking out past the far "door" side of the base board. These are simply resting on top of the door.
Picture 3:Vertically are 2, 8 inch 2x4s held into the door frame by a 1inch copper pipe. These have been cut to fit around the door molding, with a ridge facing as a sort of guide for the pipe (Ill try to get a better picture of this later). The pipe is cut to be ~1/8 inch longer than the gap so that it wedges in there tight enough to hold my 170 lbs (guess it will double as a chin up bar). The pipe is open on one end, and then capped on the other to provide a smooth slide when wedging it in place.
Picture 4: Another view, shows the contraption resting on the door on right.
Problems: Few actually. The weight of this thing keeps it pretty sturdy for light to medium hitting. A hard punch will knock it off the door ~1/4 inch, nothing a 5 lbs bag of sand on that outer corner wont fix though. The copper pipe wont budge w/o a hammer (... I'm hoping it will budge WITH a hammer...)
Main issue: This is the door to my bedroom in a 4 person apartment, and cannot be closed w/ this in place, so the setup as it is now is going to be moved to an A/C closet door.
Height adjustment: Higher: Cut 2x4s in half to be 2x2s maybe and hope you can shove your pipe higher (I cant, but don't need too)
Lower: Lower pipe x inches, add x inches of spacer board between 2x4s and 2x8s.
Enjoy, feel free to ask questions.