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Login/Join to ParticipatePooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
If I want to buy:
Light swivels
Barrel swivels
Quick links
Triangular quick links
And cheap tennis balls, where should I go other than importing stuff via HoP?
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Thoreau
Self-Flagellation Expert
3,414 posts
Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
camping/climbing stores?
hardware shops?
cheapo stores? (we have cheap as chips, supa cheap and go-lo here)
honestly, i don't know for sure, but there's some ideas
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Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
I just haven't found anything in such shops. Standard Quick Links you can buy in big brand-name DIY shops, but they're incredibly expensive (it would work out the same price to buy them off HOP including postage half way around the world), so hopefully there's a better place. Thankfully they're easily nicked by virtue of their wonderful easy-open packets. I can't find triangular quick links or any types of swivel anywhere.
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Thoreau
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
If you don't mind going in them, fishing shops will sell swivels, probably quick links (agreed the ones in b&q and homebase are completely overpriced). Personally i got mine from HoP. Independant hardware stores can be absolute gems if you live near one for hobbiest projects.
Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Hadn't thought of fishing shops, that's a great idea. My mate's dad owns one as well so I may bealbe to secure mates rates. I get stuff from HoP if I'm ordering something else but it seems a little wasteful to order something so small on its own.. I've just discovered that poi poi sell small swivels £2.50 for 10 ( www.poipoi.info ) which seems pretty good.
Thanks for the advice
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Thoreau
1 + 1 = 3
3,540 posts
Location: Bristol UK
Written by: nearly_all_gone
Thankfully they're easily nicked by virtue of their wonderful easy-open packets.
Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
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Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
I'm bringing the system down from the inside.Actually, I've only once had the nuts to do it. And then I felt pretty bad about it.
For about a minute, anyway, until I got them fitted and had my 1st burn
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Thoreau
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
at which point you promptly returned to the store and overpaid for an itme by the same ammount as the quick link cost........
in a beautiful daze....
134 posts
Location: Liverpool, England
Ok..... well i'm bumping this back up cause i was wondering what people use for their swivels on their fire poi as at the minute i have one swivel next to the grip but want to put one before the wick. So basically i want to know where i can get swivels which aint gonna break when they get hot!!!!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
depends on the quality of the swivel. I don't know of any that are designed for use with fire poi, or designed for heat. Personally I only use swivels at the top, but I have seen commercially sold poi with them at the bottom. There's no such thing as a uniform swivel, you don't know what could be inside one. It's possible that some use plastic inside to make manufacture easier, in which getting them hot would be bad, or putting too much load on for that matter.
in a beautiful daze....
134 posts
Location: Liverpool, England
Thats pretty much what i thought, but then i saw some on another website which had them at the bottom, like you said. Was just wondering what other people used.
Whatever happened to my green and pleasant land?
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
Why would you want swivels on your fire poi? They're necessary for tailed poi because of the twist effect, but I've never used a swivel on fire poi.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Written by: OneWheelDave
Why would you want swivels on your fire poi?
Personally, hyperloops/airwraps
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
I dont think you need swivels on fire poi either. If you are using ballchain...then then entire chain is one big multi swivelly swivel.
Even if you hyperloop and airwrap yourself to death, at least your chains wont get twisted.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Written by: unsightly cum on face
If you are using ballchain...
true, but if you're using wire you're stuffed. I turned a pair of wire poi into springs learning hyperloops
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
"a pair of wire poi"
Thats your problem.
Ball chain is miles better than wire. Have you not done a durbs?
1 + 1 = 3
3,540 posts
Location: Bristol UK
"have you not done a durbs?"
There's more than one?
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Written by: ucof
Have you not done a durbs?
I've done durbs many times. I was answering a post from onewheeldave who is durbsless
old hand
904 posts
Location: India/Bristol
So does anyone know where I can buy Ball chain cheaply?
Im based around Bristol or London
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Phirenix
Flying Water Muppet
5,276 posts
Location: Edin-borrow., United Kingdom
this is what you want in a swivel:
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This badboy will take 900 metric tons. I'd go for the size up if I were you. Just in case.
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old hand
904 posts
Location: India/Bristol
Thats no where near what I need for my new monkey fist Poi.
Im using a small island off the Outer Hebredes to store all the Kevlar I 'borrowed' off De Ponte.
And dont even think about going look for it MCP or you Te pookaz, ive camaflagued it with an infinite amount of cake - so youll never get through. Muahahahahha
By the way im writing this on a swiss laptop - hence the fact I cant spelz
So where can i getr decent ball chain.
If anyone can buy and bring to Bristol I re-imburse aplenty
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Phirenix
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