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I made a punching bag but the stand sucks and it tips over every time I punch it. How should I go about making a better stand?
It's a five foot section of four inch pvc wrapped in six feet of carpet pad. There is a drain cap on the bottom of the pvc and I cut a hole in the middle of the bucket thing and slipped the bag through.

>> No.1280704

>>1280698

heavy ass base, like filled with concrete

anchor base to floor; might need a stronger base

use rope to secure top to your walls. if you run a line from the top to either side then the bag will give some but will not fall over. if you want to do this we need to look at the room and decide how to anchor the rope and not ruin your walls or trim.

>> No.1280708

>>1280704
i live in an apartment so must of that is out of the question unfortunately
i was thinking maybe some kind of a pvc frame to hang it from
i dont have a whole lot of room to work with and i would like to be able to disassemble it if i have company over

>> No.1280711

>>1280708
>pvc frame

you'd be better off building it from 2x4s and deck screws. build a cube with some cross bracing, if the whole thing walks around, add a plywood floor so that your body weight holds it in place.

>> No.1280717

>>1280711
how ungodly loud would this be? dont want the neighbors downstairs to be complaining

>> No.1280728
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1280728

>>1280717
>caring about neighbors

>> No.1280730

>>1280698
why not just have the stand as a large disk or length of wood like ply so you're always standing on it, that way it cant tip over unless you step off it

>> No.1280731

>>1280728
i dunno man i like to be a decent person
i dont mind if it makes noise i just dont want it to excessive. not only that, im still on the landlord's good side and id rather not change that
>>1280730
this was my other thought, bolt it to the drain cap thing ive got on it right now. itd be a little big though, id have to rearrange my shit and at this point id rather not

>> No.1281517

>>1280704
>>1280698
The problem is that the bag is too heavy, making the whole thing top heavy. When you tap it, there isn't enough weight on the bottom to counteract the momentum on the top.

If you can't think of a way to mount it to the floor, then mount it from the ceiling. Otherwise, be a do-nothing and stay a do-nothing.

>> No.1281733

>>1280698
Make a wood base large enough for you to stand on while hitting the bag. Mount the bag on it. Your weight will keep it in place.

>> No.1281783

>>1281733
This. Cheap, easy, quick to make, and does the job.

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>>1281783
>>1280698
>>1281733

assuming you have dumbells put weights on the blue parts

>> No.1283706

>>1281733
For some reason I have a big round wood plate (think the top of a spool of wire) so I'll drill some holes in that and give it a shot

>> No.1283712

Of you buy one of these you are supposed to fill the foot with either water or sand, if you can deal your foot from below you could do this too