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Old 26-05-2018, 12:32 PM
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Gym weights

Dear Members does anyone have a good way of converting cheap gym weights with a 1inch central hole to fit nicely on a 12mm counterweight shaft for my AZ GTI?

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Old 26-05-2018, 01:40 PM
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Maybe you could make a reducer out of something fluid that set solid. Resin, panel beaters bog, I used some paste once where you knead in the hardener and press into a gap, liquid metal? Araldite even. Builders cement powder without any sand sets like a rock.
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Old 26-05-2018, 02:54 PM
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you may be lucky and find a PVC reducer - electrical conduit joiners come to mind....
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Old 26-05-2018, 04:01 PM
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I used a 3D printer and made some plugs, to reduce a 50mm hole in the gym plates down to 40mm for my CW shaft.
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Old 26-05-2018, 05:48 PM
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See this thread:
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SIRIUS OPTICS will 3D print adapter sleeves for you.

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Old 26-05-2018, 07:39 PM
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Thanks Guys,

Thats very elegant Bill, I wanted an excuse to buy a 3d printer.

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