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Topic: Cheap and Easy WOB Standard

Posted By: TomLawrence
Subject: Cheap and Easy WOB Standard
Date Posted: 1/26/14 at 9:05pm

I had a couple of requests to post details about the WOB rig I showed in my TLOG, so here you go. Thank you to Rob Meulenberg for the inspiration.

Parts List:

10' of 3" PVC
10' of 2.5" PVC
3" PVC end cap
2.5" PVC end cap
Hi-visibility marking stick -- http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Hillman-Group-48-in-Reflective-Rod-848638/202051800" rel="nofollow - http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Hillman-Group-48-in-Reflective-Rod-848638/202051800
Bucket -- http://www.homedepot.com/p/Homer-Bucket-5-gal-Orange-Bucket-05GLHD2/100087613" rel="nofollow - http://www.homedepot.com/p/Homer-Bucket-5-gal-Orange-Bucket-05GLHD2/100087613
Concrete -- I used this stuff because it was simple -- http://www.homedepot.com/p/Quikrete-50-lb-Fast-Setting-Concrete-Mix-100450/100318521" rel="nofollow - http://www.homedepot.com/p/Quikrete-50-lb-Fast-Setting-Concrete-Mix-100450/100318521
4" 1/4" eye bolt
PVC cement, silicone glue, Sharpie

Not including the bucket, cement, glue, and Sharpie (all of which I already had) I think spent about $40. $29 of that was on the PVC, which was SCH40 conduit actually, because that is what the plumbing supply place across the highway had in 10' lengths. It also happens to be sunlight resistant, so yeah.

Construction:

Cut the two PVC pieces to desired length. The length of the 2.5" piece will determine the minimum height of your standard. I wanted an 8' opening height so I cut mine to 8'. Cut the 3" piece 4" - 6" shorter.
Glue an end cap on each piece. I put them on the cut ends so the other ends were factory clean.
Stand the 3" piece (cap down) in your bucket and pour in the dry cement. Use whatever means you like to make sure it's straight up and down. I clamped mine in a couple of pieces of wood that lay across the top of the bucket, but it doesn't have to be that complicated. The cement will pretty much hold it in place by itself.
Mix and set the cement. If you got the stuff I included the link for, it's as simple as pouring in about 0.8 gallons of water, poking a stick down into the mix here and there and tapping on the sides of the bucket with a rubber mallet to get the water to absorb. Let it cure overnight.
Install your marker stick in the capped end of your 2.5" piece. I drilled a hole through the cap and pipe inside about an inch above the bottom edge of the cap. Then I glued the marker stick in place with some silicone. I could have epoxied it just as easily, but I wanted to be able to yank the thing out and replace if it ever broke.
Assemble it. After everything is dry, lay the bucket assembly over and slide the 2.5" pipe into the 3" pipe. You now have an inner tube and an outer tube. If you stand it back up it will be a minimum height.
Put in the height adjustments. While it is lying down, run a tape measure from the bottom of the bucket to the marking stick. Slide the inner tube up until you get to the height you want and draw a line around the inner tube with a Sharpie, using the top of the outer tube as a guide. Keep making marks where you want adjustments. Stop when you hit a maximum with about a foot of inner tube still inside the outer tube.
Slide the inner tube back out and drill holes just above the marks you made. Use the diameter of the eye bolt you have as the hole size.
Final assembly. Re-assemble and put the eye bolt in the set of holes you want to hold it at the desired height. It's really easy to adjust by leaning the whole thing over and setting it rather than climbing up on something to do it.

Minimum height:

Set at 10':

Bolt adjustment:

Throw higher.

Tom

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Replies:

Posted By: Hapy
Date Posted: 1/26/14 at 10:09pm

pretty cool, and even relatively easy to move around.

You could even throw in a couple bucks more and make two uprights to have a real crossbar that goes across, but then you might knock the whole thing down if you hit the bar incorrectly, so never mind - back to my extension ladder rig...

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Posted By: brandell
Date Posted: 1/27/14 at 6:38am

Great Stuff Tom

Posted By: rob meulenberg
Date Posted: 1/27/14 at 12:26pm

Tom, nice! Your setup looks a lot nicer than mine!

Though I will add a note for any northerners who build this thing. Watch out if you keep it outside. I did, and ice has not only warped the bucket a bit, but also added a few inches to my expected height. When practiced last week, what I thought was like 15'6" was 16'6"!!

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Posted By: Duncan McCallum
Date Posted: 1/27/14 at 1:11pm

Building mine this weekend.

16' fellas.

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Posted By: TomLawrence
Date Posted: 1/27/14 at 1:23pm

I am happy to have contributed to the knowledge pool in any way. Y'all have been mentoring me from the beginning.

"We drink! and WOB! and rhyme! and pillage!"

Tom

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Posted By: Nathan Parker
Date Posted: 1/30/14 at 9:18am

Tom- I lived in GA for 5 years, and your pic reminded me of hunting in fall:)

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Posted By: BenEdwards
Date Posted: 5/23/14 at 2:53am

That's a great idea, and thanks for sharing Tom! I just printed this off to use when I get my welded handle for my homemade 56lb WOB implement.

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Posted By: mike landrich
Date Posted: 5/23/14 at 12:19pm

Guys Instead of the PVC, there's a product called TELESPAR. Its the perforated square tube that is often used for traffic signs. Its sized so each size slides inside the next larger size. Get 2 10 or 12' lengths and you have a standard that is adjustable in 1" increments, using a simple lynch pin attachment.

It will cost more (probably around $75 for the 2 pieces), but is a better product

You could simply have a stake in the ground and slide the TELESPAR over it, or use a u-clamp to hold the telespar to the stake

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Posted By: BrittneyBoswell
Date Posted: 5/23/14 at 2:47pm

Hey, Mike, where can this be readily purchased?

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Posted By: mike landrich
Date Posted: 5/23/14 at 3:46pm

BrittneyBoswell wrote:

Hey, Mike, where can this be readily purchased?

According to Google

http://www.unistrut.us/index.php?WP=contact_locate_us4&ZIP=&ST=TX&City=dallas&Product=Telespar&Market=Mechanical&Action=Continue

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Posted By: mike landrich
Date Posted: 5/23/14 at 3:49pm

Also, call and talk to them. Tell them what its for. There are different gauges: I'd go with 12. Maybe they'll give Duncan a discount if he lets them put up a banner at a Games?

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Posted By: mike landrich
Date Posted: 5/23/14 at 3:54pm

And online prices are never correct. Pickup is always different: pay cash and its quite often substantially less

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Posted By: TomLawrence
Date Posted: 5/25/14 at 3:54pm

You are a good man, Mike Landrich.

Tom

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