went to mom and pop store…found everything i needed except it took over a half an hour for somebody to come cut me some chain…after asking the cashier twice….so i left…went to bigger hardware store…had to buy a 5 foot piece of pvc…which i cut down at home…but they cut some chain for me in like 3 seconds…grabbed the other shit….walked out…came home…cut pvc…assembled in 30 seconds. :) i took some pics…just gotta remember my photobucket account password.

redid it…1rm went down 10 pounds….f'ing hard :)

:)

is there a way to make a homemade rolling thunder?

There is a way to make a revolving deadlift handle. Basically you need a smooth plastic tube that will slip over a similar sized steel tube.

The quick and dirty way of making a revolving handle is to get a long piece of steel (maybe 8-10") and a short piece of plastic tube (6" maybe) that will fit over it just enough that is able to freely rotate but not have a large gap or movement (aside from rotating) when gripping with it. From there you could put a couple of barbell collars, cable clamps, hose clamps, etc. just for piece of mind that during a bad lift the tubes won't slide too far. Slip a chain through the middle and connect the free ends to the loading pin. 2 pipes with a piece of chain lol. You could even get 2 pipes of the same size and evenly grind down the inside of the plastic pipe and polish the steel one to make room for them to slip over. So yes, it can be made…I've just never made one.

Ok let me see what I can do. I'll keep you updated. I do have a carpenter in mind actually so I'm gonna work on this tomorrow and see what can be done. Thanks for the help, Joe.

You're welcome. Keep me posted.

Anything of similar dimensions (2.5-3" diameter and >1" height) and similar, or greater, stiffness (rubber, steel, etc.). You could try to make one out of hardwood but you'd need woodworking tools or a carpenter friend, and it will cost quite a bit more I imagine.

I think it might be easiest for you to make one out of steel pipe.

Ok let me see what I can do. I'll keep you updated. I do have a carpenter in mind actually so I'm gonna work on this tomorrow and see what can be done. Thanks for the help, Joe.

is there a way to make a homemade rolling thunder?

You can make a hub out of a ball but I'm not a big fan. Balls or half balls are better used in other exercises imo.

So you went with a 2 puck hub? Just to get more gripping surface or was there another reason? 2 puck hubs are good, you could even progress from 2 to 1 if you wanted to later on.

the electrical tape on the hockey pucks really increases the slipperyness :) i also added a few layers around the seam between the two pucks to keep me from digging my fingers in there. works pretty well…but damn it's hard.

I think it might be easiest for you to make one out of steel pipe.

EDIT: I don't think we have hockey pucks in India. Is there anything else I could use?