Olympic weights made from bottles

This is an instructable for how to make a olympic weight. The parts are easily found in the bin.
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Step 1 Materials

Materials:
2 - Little bottles;
1 - A piece of PVC pipe with a internal diameter equal or next to the external diameter of the bootle (15 cm);
1 - Ground stone (2 kg);
1 - Some kind of glue;

Tools:
1 - Saw;
1 - Heater (in my case, the stove );
1 - Something with a conical tip;

Comments

[thefoodman]

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[balangaz]

In the eastern europe, the olympic wl training starts at the age of 9 with acrobatics exercices. There is no maximum weight for a 10 y/o boy, the maximum will increace with training. Also, by the age of 13 (+-), the kid will develope greater mass on the lower part os the body, as for the developement of the upper part goes around the age of 16(+-).

[Xonah]

Not to much, i would suggest like MAX 5kg (11lbs).

[DEFDOM DELTA]

This is excellent! I was curious if you knew approximately what weight these fail? (fall apart?) or if they do?

[actsofsubterfuge]

Hah. I thought the bottles were full of croutons at first. Interesting concept. When I was studying abroad and didn't have access to a gym I filled 2 litre bottles with water and strapped them together for some basic lifts. Stone might have been a better choice though. Much heavier than water.

[Liam Wolf]

I don't know, don't doubt the heaviness of water.

[greatpanda]

Um, olympic? Great ible for cheap weights, but I think superglue's tensile strength might fail under competition loads...

[Evilthingamabober]

SUPERGLUE WILL NEVER FAIL YOU! The bottle might, though...

[Liam Wolf]

This is great for people who don't or can't buy weights, or get to a gym for that matter. I have alot of bottles laying around, luckily, so I'll be giving this a go. Thanks.

[sideways]

Great idea, and I can add weight later as I get stronger. Thanks for posting this :)

[UltraMagnus]

nice, although lead shot would probably work better, but that can be expensive

[j626no]

you could also try filling it with cement. my science teacher said that they used to fill old metal acetone cans with concrete and lift them with a steel bar (good cheap and effective). this is a really good idea though, great job.

[willofgod]

You could keep the dirt from shifting by topping off with expanding foam.

[cry_wolf]

Wow i'm impressed. Good work on the easy to follow instructable. I'm too cheap to buy my own weight set so this will sub right into my life perfectly.