pingvinlakrits
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Since I had a bucketload of holes to do with the DF500 I decided to look into adding a grip of some sort to soften the underarm strain that I usually get after a serious Domino workout.
I bought a generic plastic handle/grip and worked with some pipe clamps and a piece of scrap metal from another pipe and sifted through my little box of spare nuts/bolts. I did start out with a metal hanger strap for mkI - which worked ok - but after fitting two 60mm pipe clamps opposite of each other I could fit a plate for the handle. The whole contraption doesn't add much weight and is rock solid. I can work the on/off switch from the grip as well.
Worked with it today and was quite happy with mkII. After cutting a small piece out in the systainer insert to allow room for the clamp it even fit in the regular systainer.
I have some thoughts on a mk III to shift the weight/balance even further mid-ship but it works just fine as it is. Plunge action is improved and the add on does not block anything and the FrankenGrip can be left permanently attached to the DF500.
I am curious to see if anyone has done this before and might have an even better or more elegant solution than this. For me this works great but a smaller contraption of equal sturdiness would of course be welcome.
The MkI solution was one pipe clamp (60mm) and Metal Strap around the waist of the DF500 with a nut and bolt on the side to tighten things up. It looks a little neater and I might revert back to that solution. I did swing the machine around quite a bit today and there was no wobble and by the end of the day the grip was still firmly in place.
Pardon the image quality. Straight upload of phone pictures - the lens needs a swabbing and a half... :
I bought a generic plastic handle/grip and worked with some pipe clamps and a piece of scrap metal from another pipe and sifted through my little box of spare nuts/bolts. I did start out with a metal hanger strap for mkI - which worked ok - but after fitting two 60mm pipe clamps opposite of each other I could fit a plate for the handle. The whole contraption doesn't add much weight and is rock solid. I can work the on/off switch from the grip as well.
Worked with it today and was quite happy with mkII. After cutting a small piece out in the systainer insert to allow room for the clamp it even fit in the regular systainer.
I have some thoughts on a mk III to shift the weight/balance even further mid-ship but it works just fine as it is. Plunge action is improved and the add on does not block anything and the FrankenGrip can be left permanently attached to the DF500.
I am curious to see if anyone has done this before and might have an even better or more elegant solution than this. For me this works great but a smaller contraption of equal sturdiness would of course be welcome.
The MkI solution was one pipe clamp (60mm) and Metal Strap around the waist of the DF500 with a nut and bolt on the side to tighten things up. It looks a little neater and I might revert back to that solution. I did swing the machine around quite a bit today and there was no wobble and by the end of the day the grip was still firmly in place.
Pardon the image quality. Straight upload of phone pictures - the lens needs a swabbing and a half... :
