Alright guys, So I got a little but of time together today with the camera and a couple of my latest DIYs. This is'nt everything I've been working on, but I figured i'd let you guys know whats been up since you all inspired me to DIY a couple months ago.
The natural colored pair in this photo are my round tapered pair, they are actually my old black BB swivel chucks that I had for years and years before thier BB's (in accordance with prophecy) broke. I had to cut the whole peice of the wood that held the swivels, so that chopped off a good 2-2 1/2 inchs. To accommodate, i made the cord just a tad bit longer.
The red pair in the picture I actually made for a very close friend of mine, who is currently a roommate. This is the very first pair I've made that got some heavy, and nice work with the dremel. Notice not only the grooves carved, but the bores where the cord feeds through are also grooved down to help place the cord better, but really its just alot more comfortable. He prefers his cord length shorter.
The solid black pair here is simple poplar, which I will recomend to anybody starting out fresh with DIY's. These are 14in to chucks to accomodate for another person I made for. This was quite a bigger guy with forearms about 16 in (can you believe that?) So I made him a 14in pair with a slightly longer cord upon his request. These also got grooves for the cord holes.
The Black pair with blood red soaked on the bottom are my new oak pair. Im very satisfied with this pair, however I can get absolutely no freestyle use out of these. They are incredibly heavy compared to all my other chucks. I never plan to use my nunchaku in a combat situation, but if I had to - These would probably be my choice of weapon. Dangerous, Dangerous, cant imagine hitting my elbow with these - that would suck.
And finally one of my PVC pairs. This is actually the first PVC pair I've bothered painting. I've literally made dozens of different PVC chucks, just kinda testing and figuring out whats most comfortable and what I like the best - This is my end result. Im very happy with PVC chucks, they make EXCELLENT freestyle chucks all around.
I actually started with your standard PVC pair, with nothing on the ends. I absolutely could not stand the freedom of movement the cord had in the connecting holes, and I didnt like the sound they made while swinging ethier. My first solution was cork, which actually made for some pretty comfortable, and nice looking chucks. The cork however would always break or tear or move, it was a flaw that could be fixed by using rubber instead of cork, but alas - I could never find the right size rubber tapers to fit down into 3 1/4 inch PVC. So, I did some critical thinking, and walked down the PVC aisle at lowes and got the wonderful Idea to just drill a hole through the end of a PVC cap. WONDERFUL result people - Im telling you, try this! Theres no excuse not to, its CHEAP!
And since I put them in the picture I may aswell explain the Tonfas. I think thier cool, I made em last night. The idea just triggered all the sudden I was like "man, I want to try out some tonfas those look like fun weapons too, HAHA hey I can make some of those out of PVC to! kickass!"
But yeah.. thier cool.
This what I think you guys are gonna like tho, last but not least - My version of minichucks!
I carry these on my belt loop everywhere, and yes, they take just a little getting use to but ALMOST everything that is applicable with real chucks are applicable with these. Completely legal, and have never had any problem. They kill time when bored, I work at a Kiosk in the mall so this is what I'm playing with half the time when days are slow at work.
Wanna know what i used to make em? Chuck this out.. Drumsticks..
Yup, and a little vinyl for decoration. and thats that.
I want to thank everyone on the forum, especially those of you here in the DIY section. If it were not for you guys when I had broken my BB's telling me that I needed to just try to make some DIY's, I never would have, and now look its another hobby.
Tell me what you think guys, any constructive criticism is appreciated!
