Hi all - though you might like to see the results of my design and build of a custom swivel.
Pretty soon after starting up speed baggin' I realised that the swivel was crucial and that what I had acquired to date was pretty rubbish. A quick search on the internet led to this place and to the recommendationas of the deville and the powermill.
I discovered to my dismay that the powermill was on a production hold and I was pleased to find that the deville would be available if I wanted to acquire one.
But I fancied a metal one and even though the deville is a swivel I will definitely acquire somewhere down the road - I decided to build a metal one of my own for the time being due to the inavailability of the powermill.
I ordered an everlast plastic setup from the US and had to wait about 2 weeks for it to turn up to use it as a reference for my measurements. - As lathing the whole unit from stock bar of the right size was proving to be difficult - getting hold of bar that diameter at a reasonable price was the problem -- I settled for a more readily avialable diameter stock bar for the central bit and some ready cut round plate off Ebay for about 10 bucks delivered.
After that a bit of work on the lathe and turning a metal ball with a ball turning rig - and some of my favorate glue (JB weld) and it's ready for spraying and mounting to my new platform when it's finally assembled.
I'll do a video when it's all setup - but I warn you - the limits of my ability at the moment are purely just in the beginners stages - no trick stuff yet! Presently my engineering skills - which aren't 'that' great -- far exceed my speed bag skills! LOL
Pretty soon after starting up speed baggin' I realised that the swivel was crucial and that what I had acquired to date was pretty rubbish. A quick search on the internet led to this place and to the recommendationas of the deville and the powermill.
I discovered to my dismay that the powermill was on a production hold and I was pleased to find that the deville would be available if I wanted to acquire one.
But I fancied a metal one and even though the deville is a swivel I will definitely acquire somewhere down the road - I decided to build a metal one of my own for the time being due to the inavailability of the powermill.
I ordered an everlast plastic setup from the US and had to wait about 2 weeks for it to turn up to use it as a reference for my measurements. - As lathing the whole unit from stock bar of the right size was proving to be difficult - getting hold of bar that diameter at a reasonable price was the problem -- I settled for a more readily avialable diameter stock bar for the central bit and some ready cut round plate off Ebay for about 10 bucks delivered.
After that a bit of work on the lathe and turning a metal ball with a ball turning rig - and some of my favorate glue (JB weld) and it's ready for spraying and mounting to my new platform when it's finally assembled.
I'll do a video when it's all setup - but I warn you - the limits of my ability at the moment are purely just in the beginners stages - no trick stuff yet! Presently my engineering skills - which aren't 'that' great -- far exceed my speed bag skills! LOL
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