With the help of my friend, Khan, we assembled a stand to mount my
Wing Chun dummy on. It took a Sunday afternoon and about $250 in materials. I'm really happy with the result and I think it looks pretty good too.
For the stand, I used the plans found
here.
[...] to do some wood working projects around the house as can be seen in some of my previous post (stand, desk). I’ve really enjoyed working on those projects, but the work surface I was using was [...]
ReplyDeleteDang, Hsin, I had no idea you were such a crafty woodworker, let alone a writer! Keep them furniture pieces coming!
ReplyDeleteKhan helped me assemble the stand together once I got all the pieces. I'm still pretty far away from building anything that can go into the house, though. Garage -- okay, House -- not so much!
ReplyDeleteHi i was searching for wooden dummy plan and came to your blog. Good looking stand. How did you attach two angled 2x4? Just screw, bracket or screw with pocket holes? Thanks in advance.
ReplyDeleteThe top is connect with screws mainly to make sure it doesn't slip. Any force is directed down to the base. At the base there I also used screws to the bottom as well as as the cross bracket. I haven't found that I needed to add any brace to it, but I've seem some have for extra support.
DeleteThanks for you reply. I guess I'm gonna build one as well!
Deletehi the link for the plans doesn't work anymore. is there any other way to get it ? thanks
ReplyDeleteThe site looks like it's gone, but the instructions are archived here: http://web.archive.org/web/20120518063705/http://www.mccarriedesign.com/wooden_dummy/dummystand.php
DeleteIt doesn't have the pictures unfortunately.