chemgoddess1
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I would try to contact X Pole. They will want pictures. There is a possibility that there were imperfections in the pole surface prior to chroming. Is it both A and B pole?
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I guess what I meant was my hands are much closer than in the standard wrist seat. If you try it from that same distance you will never get the correct angle to be able to lean back.
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Wasn’t that the bug infested house, V? Is it sad that I know your different residences over the years??
I have an easier time getting into this out of a layback. I can state though that I HAVE bruised my lady bits learning this. Yes to the hands near crotch and you lean back way farther than you would in a regular Hello Boys.
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As long…..not as ing…….ugh
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Mine are what I would consider medium length. While I have not stabbed myself I do know that I have ripped my nail and jammed my nail into the pole when working on new stuff. I would think that as ing as they are not obnoxiously long you should be fine.
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Check websites that cater to strippers. Worst case is to buy something (check thrift stores) and then replace one of the side seams with velcro.
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And that screw size that I gave you is for the X Stage…..my bad. Best to call XPole
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It is a cheap knock off of the original X Pole design. Cost is not just materials…..customer service is worth a lot! Think about who you would contact if that pole has issues.
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There are lots of threads on here regarding parties and insurance and such. I would suggest looking around a bit.
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The new screw is an M 8×8 and can be found at a little hardware store that carries metric, note Lowes and Home Depot do not. The tool that you need for removal is called a grabit and should not run more than $15. I cannot remember off the top of my head which size I used.
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Are you able to practice on this pole? I have slammed an XPole doing a reverse grab (legs were not out) and have “walked” a SSA on this move (scared the shit out of me). I am 5’8″ and about 155-160. If the stages are on a hard surface and have nothing under them I would be wary.
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Yeah, that needs to come out. Be careful as with the ones I taught on there were actually two little screws there, not just one. If that has been set too far in then the unit stops on it instead of it fitting neatly into a little channel.
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Although the pole looks taller in that photo and they do not say what height it is on their site.
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I have personally been on a few of the original PS stage poles and the biggest issues are height of the pole and the entire stage area moving on spins. This is one that you really need to put sand bags under for stability. I am 5’8″ and when I invert on this the top of the pole is by my calves….just something else to consider. A 6 foot pole is not easy to learn on.
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Here is the rest of that post so in case you run into any other issues with your stage you can reference this:
OK…issues:
1. Locking pins not lining up properly on pie pieces. I know that CED in Cleveland has had this issue too and has their pie pieces marked with specific locations. You can actually see some of the locking pins are bent in order to get into the proper holes. Kimara sent out new locking pins along with all 3 versions of itac, 2 bottles of Xgrip and 2 bottle of dry hands.
2. Collars not set at proper height. This also has become a problem over time. The 3 locking pins that keep the collar/rotating mechanism on pole A vibrate loose and with us removing the poles every night the spacing shifts. Not so difficult to deal with when the poles are new but not very easy when the poles have been used for a few months. The easiest fix I have found for this is to remove all 3 locking set screws, squirt PB blaster or WD-40 into the holes, let sit for about a minute and then try to make the adjustment. I did not discover this trick until about an hour into trying to get them loose.
3. XJoints. We all know the issues. Our were compounded by students that wanted to help setting up the poles and not realizing that there was a specific way that A and B needed to line up. Needless to say, if the pin does not line up with the channel they get smashed. I had 3 joints with retracted pins. Talked to Kimara. The newly designed joints had recently come out, decided to replace all of our joints with the new design. I paid for 4 and Xpole gave us 4 free.
4. Footers on the extensions. The rubber part on many of ours have spit and fallen off leaving a metal bottom as opposed to a plastic bottom. The metal feet will gouge your floor. This has been taken back to the design team to seek a solution. Also, the tiny set screws that hold the ball on the footer have been vibrating loose left and right. Currently I have about 8-10 that I have collected. It is not worth my time to try and find which of the 48 possibilities are missing their screws.
5. Stripped X locking set screw. This is the set screw that keeps the pole locked into the stage. I am not really sure how you strip stainless but we manageed to do it….twice. I have an idea on how this happened and it comes down to being in a rush to set up/take down poles and not having the hex key in all the way. M8x8 is the set screw that you need to replace them. The ones that XPoles uses have an oval bottom….I have been unsuccessful in finding those (and those that know me and my searching capabilities, seriously, these things are next to impossible to find). The standard cone bottom will work just fine. Lowes and Home Depot do not carry metric set screws. I ended up at a little ACE Hardware store. Also, The Grabit Broken Bolt and Screw Extractor, size 2 is what you will want/need to get this screw out. I tried a few different styles and this one by far is the best in this situation. I got mine at Lowes for about $8. [www.lowes.com]
4. This just happened, well, has been happening but I just fixed it Wednesday night. The collar that the pole sits in that is part of the stage is actually 2 pieces. There are 6 socket screws on the bottom of the stage that can and will wiggle loose. This will cause the pole torattle and move in the base even when all of the normal adjusters are tight. I flipped the one over and one of the screws had come completely out (the other 5 were loose). The hex key that tightens the Xjoint is the same size as these, however there is very little clearance between the stage supports and the screws so this was a slow and tedious endeavor.