I just finished a nice shade structure over an outdoor dojo for a Tai Chi master.
Now he wants me to build a wing chun dummy, for martial arts practice.
These can be fixed in place, or they can rotate, which is what my client wants. I’m wondering what type of (LazySusan?) hardware I could use for the bottom ? This will probably be mounted to a concrete footing.
You know, a lazy susan type arrangement might be a little to free-spinning. This dummy should have a little resistance I’d think. Anybody have any other ideas for the attachment ? I was thinking about just using a big dowell set in to a socket, but, this will be outdoor, and a socket would collect water.
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Hi Joe Wood,
I used to practice Wing Chun and wish I could work it into my insanely busy schedule,
I would use a piece of round plate steel 1" x 24" bolted to a concrete pad with a 2" metal dowel drilled up as high as possible and fastened with West epoxy.
Drill a touch oversize for limited rotation but I would try to go for fixed. Keep it 3"off the ground to keep it high and dry but your main water issues will be the arm holes.
A roof over the dummy would go a LONG way to extending its dummy life.
BTW, there is dummy info on the net -goggle wing chun dummy...
best regards,
silver
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