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Buick Yip - Wooden Dummy Ground Stand
Shipping: Buick makes and drop-ships these stands from Hong Kong. Delivery usually takes about 2-3 weeks. This is slightly cheaper for people outside of the US/Canada or good when there is no stock in the USA.
Everything Wing Chun has been asking Buick Yip to make a floor stand for his dummies for about 5 years now, and are happy to announce that Buick has finally designed and produced one!
One of the reasons it took so long to make this stand was that Buick felt that any stand strong enough to hold his dummies and give the correct spring to the dummy was too heavy to ship at an economical price. This stand is the best of both worlds in that is it only about 30-45 lbs (depending on the wood used) - so light enough to ship - but due to the custom metal brackets it is also strong enough to withstand the vertical and horizontal forces applied during your dummy training.
The vertical beams have also been carved to allow the stand to give the proper amount of "spring energy" to the dummy - something typically only found on wall mounted dummies.
This unique stand was made for people who cannot bolt a stand to a wall.
The holes in the vertical beams allow for height adjustments up to 6 feet - or more specifically the height of bottom of arm hole would be 137cm (53.9 inches) from ground. For taller people, the stand might need to be raised up off the floor with wooden boards. A simple solution would be to screw the base into 2x2's or 4x4's for extra height.
The stand comes with 2 vertical beams, the 2 "feet" or base boards, 4 L brackets, 1 horizontal support beam, slat holders and the bolts. (You will need to use the mounting slats that come with your Buick Yip dummy or provide your own). You will need tools to secure the bolts. You will need a drill to drill holes in the slats if you want to bolt them in. A metric ratchet is set recommended. Instructions are not included. You will have to assemble the stand based on these pictures.
Buick recommends that you weigh down the legs if you are strong because the Tok Sao's or Double Palms might rock the stand.
This stand is made for Buick Yip Jongs only, but could be used by other dummies that have their mounting slats approx. 32 inches apart.
In metric, the stand is 1.34m wide X 1.52m high X 1.00m deep.
Installing:
You should be able to figure out how to assemble the stand based on the product pictures. This might help in some cases. The sequence to assemble the stand is:
(1) Attach the vertical beam to the ground beam (for each side), using two L shape metal brackets. Bolts: 5cm x2, 1x9cm. The shorter side of the ground beams goes towards the front.
(2) Connect the two parts using the bottom reinforcement beam (only one beam for this purpose found in the package) using 2x11 cm bolt each side.
(3) Now the frame can stand upright, you can install the brackets for the top and bottom slats at the desired height. Make sure to add the T-Braces for the slats along with the slat holders.
(4) Install the dummy on the slats and lift it into place, sliding the slats into the slat braces.
(5) Drill the holes in the slats for the T-Braces to bolt into, and then and bolt them in. Bolting the reenforcement plates into the slats helps keep the dummy stand from swaying.
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