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Scared Stiff Dancing Boogie Men kit home-made

By dirtrider

11 years ago


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#1 11 years ago

I'm shopping a Scared Stiff and wanted a Dancing Boogie men capability. I wanted to save the $90 to $100 they cost, being on a limited income, so I decided to try and fabricate my own. This is what I came up with. For the main boogie holder, I used 1/2" copper pipe flattened with a bench vise. I used a dremel and a drill for the rest, to cut away the material necessary to approximate the dimensions needed to work. Not too bad-looking from the player's perspective. I had the pipe and screws laying around, so it only cost me time. If a future buyer doesn't like it, it can be easily reversed.

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#2 11 years ago

Nice idea, getting ready to do this on mine and did not want to spend money on the kit either considering how simple it looked to come up with a home brew version. Let us know how it works out for you in the long term.

#3 11 years ago

Nice job !

#4 11 years ago

Very good idea

#5 11 years ago

Hah! Great!

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#6 11 years ago
Quoted from dirtrider:

I'm shopping a Scared Stiff and wanted a Dancing Boogie men capability. I wanted to save the $90 to $100 they cost, being on a limited income, so I decided to try and fabricate my own. This is what I came up with. For the main boogie holder, I used 1/2" copper pipe flattened with a bench vise. I used a dremel and a drill for the rest, to cut away the material necessary to approximate the dimensions needed to work. Not too bad-looking from the player's perspective. I had the pipe and screws laying around, so it only cost me time. If a future buyer doesn't like it, it can be easily reversed.

Very nice, thanks for sharing w pics!

#7 11 years ago

thanks for sharing, any other pics?

#8 11 years ago

Nice, I think that if you have some silver spray paint around... it would look nicer.

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#9 11 years ago

Yes, I agree they'd look better with silver or some kind of paint on them. Some more pics, from before too.

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#10 11 years ago

Before pics.

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#11 11 years ago

Colorado Ingenuity...Good Work!

2 years later
#12 9 years ago

Just did this mod to my SS thanks to the original poster! Saved me some cash!

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#13 7 years ago

Talk about simple, really happy how they turn out. I'll post pictures in the SS memebers club. Great post!

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#14 3 years ago

I’m gonna try and make a set of these but my question is can you just take the original kickers and drill additional holes to mount the fabricated part? The original kickers only have 1 rivet or whatever it is so you have to make your own right? Is this mod light enough to not effect the sling power much? Thanks in advance.

#15 3 years ago
Quoted from Lethal_Inc:

I’m gonna try and make a set of these but my question is can you just take the original kickers and drill additional holes to mount the fabricated part? The original kickers only have 1 rivet or whatever it is so you have to make your own right? Is this mod light enough to not effect the sling power much? Thanks in advance.

Yes, I took my kickers out model them and reinstalled.

#16 3 years ago

Does this add too much weight to the slings and make them act sluggish? Aluminum would be lighter so I wonder if there’s a way to do this with aluminum piping or some alternative.

#17 3 years ago
Quoted from Lethal_Inc:

Does this add too much weight to the slings and make them act sluggish? Aluminum would be lighter so I wonder if there’s a way to do this with aluminum piping or some alternative.

I didn't notice any slowness but that was me. After I modded I played for about 6 months without issue before trading it.

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