Everyday Systems

Hey-o, gang!

I've thinking about buing a new hammer for a while now, since my trusting 10 pounder has been starting to feel a little light (keep in mind, I've been using this bad boy since I started shugging, and I honestly can't remember how long ago that was), but the problem is that I'm an exceptionally cheap/broke person.

So I improvised.



I strapped the weights onto the protrusive ends of the hammer head using their own velcro straps then I strung together three zip-ties to go around the the whole thing width-wise and finished off with two doubled-up zip ties to help keep that on from slipping. Once properly "gloved", none of this shows, of course, but I can certainly feel the difference!

I've got a pair of a adjust able ankle weights that go as high as 5# each, so when this rig starts to feel light I'll probably end up upgrading to those.

Oh, and yes - Tux helped.

Phayze -- the image link seems to be broken. I'm not sure what's going on since I can see if if I right click and open in new tab.






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OK, now it shows up (twice!). Not sure what was going on there.

Looks cool! Thanks for sharing and good luck.

Extra careful with tux now!

Reinhard

Very strange . . . I can only see the image when I'm logged in. O_o

For anyone who can't see it, here's a link to it on picasa.

Pretty sweet, if any of us ever need to hulk out on a hammer over 20 pounds we'll know what to do.

Public service announcement: This may, in time, lead to a trail of coarse sand that will reveal to those who follow where you and your shovelglove have been.

Having learned the hard way, I heartily recommend that, if you persist in following my example, you do so with solid weights, and not sand-filled ones. I'll be making the necessary adjustments to mine soon, using the adjustable ankle weights mentioned above.

Ah zip-ties. Is there anything they can't do?

I guess it would also be possible to simply wear the wrist weights on your wrists, but then the weight will have a much smaller effect due to the loss of leverage.

Fortunately I am a long way from having to upgrade my 12 pounder.

phayze wrote:I heartily recommend that, if you persist in following my example, you do so with solid weights, and not sand-filled ones.

I used diving weights - they've got handy slots in them for the zip ties.


See: http://biggerhammer.bravehost.com/

You can do a lot of good things with zip ties, strong rubber bands and also duct tape !!

Cheers !

Marc