hey boys,
i had pretty much stopped PE because i couldn’t devote much time to the project. I have a bib and a penimaster, which i modified some (check my posts to see pix), and may have gained a half inch in my PE career, but that could also just have been changes in measuring methods. i never liked the danger of nerve damage from other hanger clamps.
but you two have resurrected my routine. i went and built a couple of versions that can be used on the leg, as a hanger, or attached to the backing plate of the penimaster (i’ll have to follow up with pix of that nice little mod).
my main contribution is the method for alleviating the air pressure problem when putting the device on. I used a std film canister, drilled a hole in the bottom and fit a hollow threaded lamp wire nipple through the hole, held on with two nuts on either side of a sandwitch of two fender washers and two neoprene washers to keep it airtight.
when you slide the canister over your head, the air comes out the bottom, then you can tighten the solid hook cap at the bottom and unroll the rubber glove finger like a condom. now you have a good sealed chamber as well as a hook to attach to your weights or rubber band. it is very elegant, compact, and easy to use. i also tried using the plastic hose to suck out the extra ear in the bottom of the canister and get a tight fit, but for some reason this method often made it pinch incomfortably inside.
the only problem i have is the fluid buidup which happens at the tip of my head and pretty dramatically in my foreskin. it subsides after an hour or so, or faster if i massage for a while. I’m not too worried about it though, especially since the worst is in my foreskin, which is just loose skin anyway. It looks scarry and strange, but it goes back to normal.
i think i may look foir slightly longer and wider canister, hopefully a transparent one so I can observe inside.
my next project is to get some surgical tubing and make several loops in exact size intervals so i can better standardize the pull in the legxtender, which is still the only configuration i can leave the house in.
it’s funny but i’m almost as excited about the engineering problem as actually having it work.