Originally Posted by alexsub0
One more thing. Shouldn’t the wooden sticks be locked into position in 2 out of the 4 rod edges?This can easily be done with a little twitch in the design. I am in the middle of making it so maybe I’m missing something in practice but that’s just my 2 cents
I made a version of the AFB hanger based on the original post in this thread and it worked very well - except I did what you are suggesting by locking the bolts into one side. I did this by drilling the holes into one side (mine was made out of wood) just a tad bit smaller than the bolts I used, and then threading the bolts into the holes, which cut threading into wood. This way, I could thread the bolts all the way in and have tight fit on one side. Every now and then, I might have to retighten them, but it’s not a big deal. On the other piece of wood, the bottom bolt was drilled a little over sized. The top hole was the same as the one in the original post.
I’m currently working on making another because I spent the past year working on girth and lost my original hanger in the time since. There really is no reason to change anything from my first one because 1, it’s so simple to build and 2, it works. For anyone wondering, I’ve hung 20lbs with no pain. I probably could go up to 25 easily, but I try to working up to 20 over time, and by the time I get there, I’m pretty sure the gains made over 20 are not going to be worth the time required to get them. It’s more productive (imo) to do a decon break and start back over at a lower weight, working back up.
While I’m here, in case he’s still around reading, thank you very much for the time and effort spent coming up with this idea Piet. Yeah, I know it’s Tom Hubbard’s design, but your additions are definitely an improvement on his design and I never would’ve tried this hanger without the improvements you made, so thank you.