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Looking to purchase (or have made) an Airstyle handle

Postby lindseym » Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:18 pm

Greetings all,
I was wondering if any of you have one of those Airstyle T-handles Toby used to sell. Or, if you all know where to purchase one or have one made.
Thanks
Lm

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Re: Looking to purchase (or have made) an Airstyle handle

Postby Toby » Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:44 pm

Check at a metal shop, if they can make you an aluminum one...and then just wrap grip tape around.

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Re: Looking to purchase (or have made) an Airstyle handle

Postby lindseym » Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:15 am

Toby wrote:
Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:44 pm
Check at a metal shop, if they can make you an aluminum one...and then just wrap grip tape around.
Thx Toby. Yea, that's what I was thinking. Did you have the same company fabricate the handle and wrap it with foam or was that separate companies?
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Re: Looking to purchase (or have made) an Airstyle handle

Postby Toby » Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:16 am

It was one guy doing it at home. He worked with metal, and bought the foam.

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Re: Looking to purchase (or have made) an Airstyle handle

Postby KYLakeKiter » Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:41 pm

I can show you how to make a custom handle out of PVC if your interested. Its pretty easy to make any size you want.

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Re: Looking to purchase (or have made) an Airstyle handle

Postby Toby » Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:45 pm

True, 3D printer can also do it, if not what you meant.

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Re: Looking to purchase (or have made) an Airstyle handle

Postby KYLakeKiter » Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:28 pm

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Just made from hardware store PVC and fittings. Easy to make as tall as you want, and you could make it wider by putting the mounting points inside the handle. Add some grip tape and your there.

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Re: Looking to purchase (or have made) an Airstyle handle

Postby lindseym » Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:44 pm

KYLakeKiter wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:28 pm
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Just made from hardware store PVC and fittings. Easy to make as tall as you want, and you could make it wider by putting the mounting points inside the handle. Add some grip tape and your there.
Excellent and thanks for the input. Yes, I put one together very similar using pvc and it works great. now the only thing i need to figure out is how to wrap a thin layer of foam around it. Those things can hurt if you get knocked by the handle.

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Re: Looking to purchase (or have made) an Airstyle handle

Postby Toby » Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:48 pm

looks good. But, I wonder if it is stable enough where you screw it...there are quiet some forces on the handle when you flip or spin it etc...

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Re: Looking to purchase (or have made) an Airstyle handle

Postby FLandOBX » Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:13 pm

Toby wrote:
Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:48 pm
looks good. But, I wonder if it is stable enough where you screw it...there are quiet some forces on the handle when you flip or spin it etc...
I had the same thought. I made a similar PVC handle but used two slip-on caps (see below) on each side where the handle attaches to the board. I drilled holes into the ends of the two caps and then screwed the caps firmly onto the board before I attached the rest of the handle using PVC cement. It's solid and very stable. But it isn't easy to remove the handle unless you cut it off.

http://pvc40.com/2-pvc-schedule-40/-cap-slip/


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