Home made caber trainer
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Topic: Home made caber trainer
Posted By: Ak thrower
Subject: Home made caber trainer
Date Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:13pm
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Posted By: Eclipse
Date Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:28pm
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Wow... That is awesome! ------------- "Somewhere in Russia, a little girl is warming up with your max." - Anonymous "Do not demand what you can not take by force." |
Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:28pm
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Any comments ? Any ideas ? Built it my self -- no plans . Just a neccessity ! I like it ..
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Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:29pm
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Thanks Bob . ------------- Remember when mom told us never throw stones ? |
Posted By: Brent Abbott
Date Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:35pm
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very nice! much more proffesional than mine. does yours keep bouncing to beat hell like mine? I havnt worked to hard to figure out how to put damping in the system. Best, Brent |
Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:38pm
Wow ! Brent ,, that was fast .. did someone tell you to look at this  . I haven't tried to stop it to much , but I used rubber on the bottom and sides to reduse the noise,------------- Remember when mom told us never throw stones ? |
Posted By: BillB
Date Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:51pm
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That is awesome. ------------- Vae Victus |
Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/16/07 at 4:18pm
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Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/16/07 at 4:19pm
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My 28lbs WFD ... also home made ... you have to do what you can , when you live so far from every where . Shipping cost suck !! ------------- Remember when mom told us never throw stones ? |
Posted By: AlDargie
Date Posted: 2/17/07 at 12:47am
Most excellent. A real work of functional art.  . I wish I had a welder and knew how to use it.------------- Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy. - Outlaw Josey Wales |
Posted By: mcdonl
Date Posted: 2/17/07 at 2:43am
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Come on up anytime Al, I have a welder and some cutting tools, just no idea what to use for materials! ------------- Leroy McDonough |
AlDargie wrote:Posted By: wallyworld
Date Posted: 2/17/07 at 12:03pm
Bret - You realize, of course, that the Bobby Dodd that judges you at Enumclaw is the very same Bobby Dodd that makes those beautiful "Hevy Gear" throwing weights! You can have him bring you a new weight to the 'Claw and avoid those shipping costs!!! Check it out at mjolnir1.com ------------- "TRY NOT. DO OR DO NOT. THERE IS NO 'TRY'." Yoda |
Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/17/07 at 2:32pm
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Thanks Wally , Bobby also judges here in Alaska too ! These weights didn't cost me anything but time. We do use Bobbys weights in comp . I built these just for practice , and they work very well . I love going to the "Claw" ,it a very well run game . just have to get there . ------------- Remember when mom told us never throw stones ? |
Posted By: JCLEV
Date Posted: 2/17/07 at 3:47pm
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show the spiked WFD....thats gonna keep the shaggers on there toes. ------------- My kids wanted to be like me until they met Kevin Neis. Northern Illinois Highland Games and Clevenger Sheaf's and forks on Facebook or at http://jclev.tripod.com/ |
Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/17/07 at 4:22pm
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Posted By: pit rat
Date Posted: 2/17/07 at 5:07pm
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Man,and I thought the bulldozer drive sprockets I use with the barbell were gladiator looking. ------------- Bill Gordon |
Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/17/07 at 5:34pm
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Hey Pit Rat ,How much do they weigh ? I like the sounds of that !! ------------- Remember when mom told us never throw stones ? |
Posted By: pit rat
Date Posted: 2/18/07 at 2:07am
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The ones I have are 70# apiece. They are off something about the size of a JD 450. Whats the story behind the morning star? Thats really cool looking. Where abouts are you in AK? I just looked at your caber trainer again.(very nice job by the way) Is that a homemade super long tine sheaf fork in the background? ------------- Bill Gordon |
Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/18/07 at 5:47am
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Hey Bill ,, Thanks for the compliment .. I like to work with my hands , either metal or wood --- so I build things ! The trainer was out of necessity and the flail was for fun ,,, I thought it was be fun to bring a 28 lbs flail to a meet As for the fork I just cut 2 tines off a 4 tine fork . We don't throw the sheaf here in AK . But I needed something to practice with , as I'm 1 of 2 guys in the state that travel outside ( to the lower 48 states ) just for the love of the games ! I life in the town of Kenai ( keen-eye ) south of Anchorage . ------------- Remember when mom told us never throw stones ? |
. It was just something to do on a cold winter night ! Posted By: cabertosser
Date Posted: 2/18/07 at 8:05am
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Very cool equipment .Do you have a pic of the spocket pit rat?I guess you have to keep yourself busy or go nuts in the winter eh guys? ------------- You f**ked up - you trusted us! Hey, make the best of it! |
Posted By: pit rat
Date Posted: 2/18/07 at 11:59am
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I'll (the wife) will post a pic of the drive wheels on the bar. What did you make the flail out of AK? I'VE GOT TO HAVE ONE! I want to be the first kid on my block with a 28# morning star flail. We do extrication training in the fire dept. cutting up cars, guess who would stay a little late continueing to "work" on cars with one of those? ------------- Bill Gordon |
Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:08pm
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I made the flail out of a crusher mill ball from the Fort Knox gold mine here in AK . The spikes are made from a harden steel pump shaft that I had milled down into spikes . I have done what you are thinking with the car -- It's alot of fun ! ------------- Remember when mom told us never throw stones ? |
. I have made 2 of these , one went to a friend in CA. He said he stuck his through an engine block ! Sweet ! Just watch the legs and such !! Posted By: Brent Abbott
Date Posted: 2/19/07 at 10:40am
| Bret, it was funny, I seldom come over to the training board anymore and when i did, I saw your caber trainer and had to say something. When I pop mine it seems to bounce for several times and even though the springs are anchored in concrete in the ground it seems to shake the ground and is very loud with 75# loaded on it. I made mine as a quick-demo unit to see if it could work and prove out the concept, but ideally as a model to move to a metal and urethane-wheeled model like yours. But as it turns out, Ive been spending all my caber-time with my 20' 120# fiberglassed beast. Its a race to see if i can ever turn it before i get too far over the hill. -there would definitely be a party if it happened. |
Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/19/07 at 4:46pm
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Okay ! Brent ,, what is over the hill to you ?? I would sure like to be at that party ! Good luck in you training ! BTW ! My carriage on my trainer weighs 40lbs by it's self and has the capacity of over 100lbs on the sides . ------------- Remember when mom told us never throw stones ? |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 2/20/07 at 4:04am
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ALRIGHT ALRIGHT
GIVE ME SOME DRAWINGS. FOR THIS ITEM..
YOU TOO BRENT
------------- Hammy Reno Nevada |
Posted By: Brent Abbott
Date Posted: 2/20/07 at 11:35am
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Hammy, I suggest you fiberglass a big caber and go throw, but here are pics of mine, no plans, just used common caster wheels internal. joints screwed and glued, outdoor varnished. 4x4 is not in the ground but in a metal fixture sold at home depot for holding 4x4s and is pounded into the ground itself. The springs are just junkyard truck springs embedded in concrete in the ground. If you are a metal worker use Bret's design instead. I dont know if you really need the long caber-bend he has as my double wood handle worked just fine.
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Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 2/20/07 at 7:30pm
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I don't have plans either .. Just built what I thought would work out of scrap stuff from work , like the rest of the stuff I use to throw . Brent ,, how did you attach the round stock to the wood ? Or did you run it all the way through ? Bret ------------- Remember when mom told us never throw stones ? |
Posted By: Brent Abbott
Date Posted: 2/21/07 at 7:24am
| yes, just holes in the wood, one rod |
Posted By: Roy Bogue
Date Posted: 3/01/07 at 12:43pm
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This is good stuff, just be careful not to lose the running hard plant timing that is required with bigger sticks. Play with this once an a while, but get a real caber and work the run/plant timing. This is where I see most tosses fall apart. The timing between the plant and pull takes to long. It needs to be instantaneous. You have to think pull before your feet plant so you can actually pull when you feet plant. If you plant and then think pull you had better be a super strong individual. ------------- Donate lately? |
Posted By: Ak thrower
Date Posted: 3/01/07 at 5:33pm
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That was like a compliment !! Roy ,, I guess someday you'll pick on me too !! Hope to meet everyone someday .......... I think !! ------------- Remember when mom told us never throw stones ? |