Halo..
First of all, let me say THANKS! to the guys at the following sites for making and posting pictures of their grappling dummy steps. If you found this site, you must have googled HOW TO MAKE A GRAPPLING DUMMY and probably already saw these, but here they are, and they should definitely be checked out as they were the inspiration for what became El Jefe.
SCROLL DOWN FOR THE PLANS/PICS OF El Jefe
Links:
How To Make A Grappling Dummy 2 by Aptdwler *Broken Link
How To Make A PVC Grappling Dummy by AAM *Broken Link
UPDATED 7-31-2007: Some more cool grappling dummy designs/plans/pics - awesome job guys!
http://geocities.com/Callisto77/ by Calisto77 (with the necessary homemade grappling dummy sweatpants outfit!) *Broken Link
http://lockflow.com/viewtopic.php?t=7402 by DojangSpirit-->link to pics of this dummy (lose the GI, get some SWEATS!)
UPDATED 1-18-2010: Another great design
http://mattwilsonmd.blogspot.com/2008/11/lamont-you-big-dummy.html
Here is what I came up with, and hopefully this will help others come up with their own variations, as the links above gave me the majority of the ideas. Mine is a semi-hybrid of the two and I added a few ideas of my own that I wound up liking a lot. The way he came out in the end, he is awesome for all of the joint locks I like, and I really like the way the ankle locks feel on him. He weighs in at a whopping 32lbs! I didn't think about weight too much since the cable was very heavy, and for what I am using him for, he weighs just plenty. If you want him to weigh more, you can use your imagination and some of the other suggestions from the links above. This design is solid enough for throwing if you wanted to. Plan to make a day out of this, shopping/building/eating/etc.
**Please look at and read everything first before going out to buy anything because I bought a bunch of things with an idea of what I was going to make, and made changes along the way. I will only list the parts/lenghts/quantities that I actually wound up using to make the final version of El Jefe.
Supplies:
17' Linear feet of : 4/0-4/0-2/0 200 AMP Service Entrance Cable (This was described and used in the first link above, but what they had at Lowes under the same name is about 2" thick. The cable I got has TWO wires running through it and took me about a minute to cut through it with a hacksaw, that's how strong it is.) $3.26/Linear foot. I got lucky and got the remainder of the spool, so I got 20' for the price of 14'. TOTAL COST FOR 17' WOULD BE = $55.42 - LOWES
6 Rolls of Industrial Strength Electrical Duct Tape by 3M from @ $5.48ea - TOTAL = $32.88 - LOWES
1 Ten Foot Section of 2" PVC Pipe @ 4.97ea - TOTAL = $4.97 - LOWES
3 Pool Noodles @ $1ea - TOTAL = $3.00 - DOLLAR TREE
1 Stringy Mop(the handle is still in the neck, read on) @ $1ea - TOTAL = $1.00 - DOLLAR TREE
1 Bundle of Poly Rope @ $1ea - TOTAL = $1.00 - DOLLAR TREE
1 Old Down Comforter @ FREE cause I had it already(I would have used 2 foam pillows from @ $5 ea at Target, read on)
1 Old Down Pillow @ FREE cause my original head had the three old tshirts duct taped inside of it(read on)
1 CLUTCH tshirt @ PRICELESS cause I lost so much weight from working out, I don't wear large anymore ;-)
1 Pair Of Sweatpants Used For Painting @ FREE
1 Pair Of Gray Socks @ FREE cause no one should be wearing gray socks with anything, I don't know why I had them
1 Hacksaw @ FREE - you NEED a hacksaw
TOTAL ACTUAL COST WITHOUT TAX = $98.27 (I paid $88.49 cause I was only charged for 14' of cable)
STILL BEATS THE HELL OUT OF PAYING $500 FOR A BUBBA DUMMY, AND I KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS ONE IF THE NEED SHOULD ARISE!
Visto en:
http://thelivingexample.com/eljefe.html
First of all, let me say THANKS! to the guys at the following sites for making and posting pictures of their grappling dummy steps. If you found this site, you must have googled HOW TO MAKE A GRAPPLING DUMMY and probably already saw these, but here they are, and they should definitely be checked out as they were the inspiration for what became El Jefe.
SCROLL DOWN FOR THE PLANS/PICS OF El Jefe
Links:
How To Make A Grappling Dummy 2 by Aptdwler *Broken Link
How To Make A PVC Grappling Dummy by AAM *Broken Link
UPDATED 7-31-2007: Some more cool grappling dummy designs/plans/pics - awesome job guys!
http://geocities.com/Callisto77/ by Calisto77 (with the necessary homemade grappling dummy sweatpants outfit!) *Broken Link
http://lockflow.com/viewtopic.php?t=7402 by DojangSpirit-->link to pics of this dummy (lose the GI, get some SWEATS!)
UPDATED 1-18-2010: Another great design
http://mattwilsonmd.blogspot.com/2008/11/lamont-you-big-dummy.html
Here is what I came up with, and hopefully this will help others come up with their own variations, as the links above gave me the majority of the ideas. Mine is a semi-hybrid of the two and I added a few ideas of my own that I wound up liking a lot. The way he came out in the end, he is awesome for all of the joint locks I like, and I really like the way the ankle locks feel on him. He weighs in at a whopping 32lbs! I didn't think about weight too much since the cable was very heavy, and for what I am using him for, he weighs just plenty. If you want him to weigh more, you can use your imagination and some of the other suggestions from the links above. This design is solid enough for throwing if you wanted to. Plan to make a day out of this, shopping/building/eating/etc.
**Please look at and read everything first before going out to buy anything because I bought a bunch of things with an idea of what I was going to make, and made changes along the way. I will only list the parts/lenghts/quantities that I actually wound up using to make the final version of El Jefe.
Supplies:
17' Linear feet of : 4/0-4/0-2/0 200 AMP Service Entrance Cable (This was described and used in the first link above, but what they had at Lowes under the same name is about 2" thick. The cable I got has TWO wires running through it and took me about a minute to cut through it with a hacksaw, that's how strong it is.) $3.26/Linear foot. I got lucky and got the remainder of the spool, so I got 20' for the price of 14'. TOTAL COST FOR 17' WOULD BE = $55.42 - LOWES
6 Rolls of Industrial Strength Electrical Duct Tape by 3M from @ $5.48ea - TOTAL = $32.88 - LOWES
1 Ten Foot Section of 2" PVC Pipe @ 4.97ea - TOTAL = $4.97 - LOWES
3 Pool Noodles @ $1ea - TOTAL = $3.00 - DOLLAR TREE
1 Stringy Mop(the handle is still in the neck, read on) @ $1ea - TOTAL = $1.00 - DOLLAR TREE
1 Bundle of Poly Rope @ $1ea - TOTAL = $1.00 - DOLLAR TREE
1 Old Down Comforter @ FREE cause I had it already(I would have used 2 foam pillows from @ $5 ea at Target, read on)
1 Old Down Pillow @ FREE cause my original head had the three old tshirts duct taped inside of it(read on)
1 CLUTCH tshirt @ PRICELESS cause I lost so much weight from working out, I don't wear large anymore ;-)
1 Pair Of Sweatpants Used For Painting @ FREE
1 Pair Of Gray Socks @ FREE cause no one should be wearing gray socks with anything, I don't know why I had them
1 Hacksaw @ FREE - you NEED a hacksaw
TOTAL ACTUAL COST WITHOUT TAX = $98.27 (I paid $88.49 cause I was only charged for 14' of cable)
STILL BEATS THE HELL OUT OF PAYING $500 FOR A BUBBA DUMMY, AND I KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS ONE IF THE NEED SHOULD ARISE!
Visto en:
http://thelivingexample.com/eljefe.html
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