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Do-It-Yourself permanent skinny spinning pole
I’m a big Bobbi fan and I wrote to her a while ago asking her what kind of pole she uses and where she gets them. I noticed in her videos that they look super skinny. She told me she just buys ‘spinny’ flanges from a plumber and buys metal tubing separately and they put them together! So I had my husband do some searching for me and we found "mounted ball bearing flanges" on Grainger.com. You need 2 of these. One for the floor, one for the ceiling. You WILL have to bolt these in so you will have two holes in your floor and two in your ceiling. He used 1/4 inch lag bolts and you have to drill into a stud on the ceiling.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4PY22?Pid=searchThe next thing you have to get is a pole. I wanted the same size as Bobbi’s which is 38mm or 1 1/2 inch. This is the exact one I got:
http://www.speedymetals.com/pc-2857-8200-1-12-od-x-18-od-wall-tube-brass.aspx
I ordered 8 foot even though my ceiling is a bit shorter. My husband has a hack saw he used to trim it down but you could take it to home depot and they trim it for you.We screwed in the bottom flange first put the tubing into it (there are tiny little screws on the flange to secure the tubing) and then lined the top flange up on the ceiling, leveled the pole and then screwed in the top flange.
So you need the two flanges plus the tubing, some assorted tools and screws. I wouldn’t have been able to do this without my hubby and he made it seem very simple. I LOVE this pole! The grip is fantastic and it doesn’t spin super fast so I don’t really ever feel out of control.
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interesting….thanks so much for putting this up!!! sounds super easy!
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That is a cool idea! My boyfriend’s an engineer and obsessed with trying to duplicate an x-pole (i tell him that i expect him to have a go on his home made pole before i get on it), i’ll have to let him know about this idea.
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Here are some pictures. In the last one my fingers point out the entire piece of the flange. It all came assembled and the pole just inserts right into it. The little hole you see on the dark upper ring is the screw that you tighten to keep the pole secure. I didn’t mention it in my instructions, but I bought a larger flange than what was necessary. So I recommend the smaller one I referenced in my first post. The whole thing cost me somewhere around $250.
By the way, the floor piece looks a little daunting BUT, I’ve never scraped myself or hurt myself or anything like that.
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can you tighten the adjuster screw so that it dosen’t spin??? or does it just perm spin??
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It’s permanent spin, but it doesn’t spin quite the same as platinum stages or Xpoles. It’s a less intense spin however you still can’t execute moves exactly like you would on a static pole. Tightening that screw only tightens the pole to the spinning mechanism. The only way to stop it from spinning according to my husband is to drill a hole into the spinning mechanism and put a pin/screw/nail into it. You could call Grainger customer service and see if they sell a mounted ball bearing flange which has a device to stop the spinning motion.
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Home depot carries something called a "clevis pin" it looks similar to the pin on PS poles – I was thinking of buying some as replacements since I seem to always lose my pins.
Perhaps you could use them if you wanted a static AND spin mode home made pole.
The pole looks great! I am thinking about maybe doing a do it yourself skinny pole.
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This looks really cool.
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THis looks very similar to the bottom part on the Poledanzer brand poles.
Does that piece have a wedge shaped hole cut out along the bottom edge – it would be right next to where your thumb is in the picture?
Poledanzer inserts a long thin, but rectangular shaped "stick" of metal there and has two notches cut out on the bottom edge of the pole itself so that the stick slides through the bottom of the pole to hold it in static.
I hope that makes sense?
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Thank you THANK YOU for posting all this info! I am planning to put a permanent spinning pole up and was going to message you for the details – You are an Angel https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_flower.gif
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I love your home built spinny pole. I had no idea you could buy a spinning flange for conduit or pipe. My homemade pole is built pretty much the same way–except that I have a wooden base on the basement floor so I would not have to mount the flange by drilling into the concrete floor.
I once saw a spinny pole on You-Tube that used a bearing set cannibalized from a lazy boy type recliner chair on the bottom. The top of the pole simply slipped inside a greased cylinder of pipe slightly larger than the bore of the dance pipe itself. The woman who built it did a few moves in the video–it seemed to work remarkably well.
If I had more room in the basement, I would try this–but our house has already reached maximum pole capacity according to my wife, lol!
Joel
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If I had more room in the basement, I would try this–but our house has already reached maximum pole capacity according to my wife, lol!
Joel
It’s possible to reach maximum pole capacity??? lol I think after christmas I am going to make myself a brass pole…always wanted one and I really don’t mind it not being static…after all I am a spin freak!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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