Kettlebell

[McKenzie]

Tweetanyone know where I can pick up a 9 lb cheap. I found one for 9 bucks with shipping of 12 bucks.

[Powerpress]

TweetI know "Dicks" sporting goods has them.
Thats a real store here in Ohio.

[McKenzie]

TweetI looked here at Academy, Sports Authority n such but nothin.

[kite]

Tweetelitefts carries them but not that cheap. New York Barells carries the handles and you can pick up some cheap weights to go on them.

[O2BESOHUGE]

TweetI WANT TO RING YOUR BELL!

https://search.ebay.com/search/search...HTS&category0=

[McKenzie]

TweetI did a search on ebay yesterday.....the prices were all quite high...however, I didnt see the $14/$14 s&h one tho.

ugh...I so dislike ebay/biddin

[O2BESOHUGE]

TweetYEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU NEED TO FIND LOCALLY SO YOU DONT HAVE TO PAY SHIPPING

[kite]

TweetYou can make your own pretty cheap. All ya need is a trip to lowes and wal mart.

[McKenzie]

Tweetooooo I just love Lowe's I could browse in there all day long. Always seems to be tons of men there willing to help

[6p6]

Tweet

You can make your own pretty cheap. All ya need is a trip to lowes and wal mart.

elighten me?

[kite]

TweetThis kettlebell weighs approximately 36 pounds, which is about one pood (16Kg or 35.2 pounds).
This design can be used as an adjustable kettlebell, allowing weights less than 35 lbs.

Parts:

1-1"x 6" steel nipple (handle, external diameter is 1 and 1/4")
2-1" 90 degree elbows (connect handle to vertical pieces)
2-1"x 4 1/2" steel nipple (vertical pieces), longer vertical pieces will allow the use of
larger, heavier plates
2-1" 'T's
1-1"x12' steel nipple (through plates)
2-1' end caps
6-5 pound standard barbell plates (make sure the 3/4" pipe goes through all of these, the hole in some of my 5 pound plates are too small to use)


This is a modified version, (idea by John Rizzo) of my design. The bottom is narrower on this one, by about 2 1/2", making the required stance not as wide, and decreasing the chance of hitting the shins. The widest point is 10 and 1/2" at the unions. (The unions are the octagonal pieces that join the top and bottom together.) This design isn't practical as an adjustable kettlebell.

Parts:
1-1"x6" steel nipple (handle, external diameter is 1 and 1/4")
1-3/4"x6" steel nipple (through plates, external diameter is 1")
2-1" 90 degree elbows
2-1" to 3/4" reducing elbows
2-1" unions
4-1"xshort nipple (don't remember exactly what they call the length on these, it's not a numbered length, but it is the shortest nipple I could find)
6-5 pound standard barbell plates (make sure the 3/4" pipe goes through all of these, the hole in some of my 5 pound plates are too small to use)
This configuration gives a 2 and 1/2" space between the handle and the top of the plates. Make sure everything is tight. I used a wrench to get things tight. And I check everything for tightness before every workout with it. You might want to get all of the joints welded, or put some kind of lock tight on the joints. The plates are loose on mine and rattle, so I stuff a piece of foam rubber between them. Dragon Door kettlebells have a curved handle which keeps your hand in the same place. This handle is straight and my hand tends to slide to the side, and I have to re-adjust my grip. I plan on buying a DD kettlebell eventually (eventually I'd like to have a complete set or 2). This will do until I can afford it.

I'm not going to give detailed instructions on putting it together. You should be able to figure that out from the picture (the bottom picture), but put the top half together, including half of the 2 unions, put the bottom half together, including the other half of the unions, then attach the halves of the unions together.

[McKenzie]

Tweet"1-1"x12' steel nipple" ooooo shexsy

quite interesting kite and thank you for posting that info....actually I think I'm gonna order the $9 one.