If not, can anyone point me to some dimensions so I can fabricate my own?
Get a dumbbell. Put 30 pounds on it.
You mean like salmon? With bagels and cream cheese?
Originally posted by SifuAbel
You mean like salmon? With bagels and cream cheese?
Yeah, except you also have soya sauce 
WTF are you guys talking about?!
Lox, in particular Grav Lox is a Scandanavian term for smoked salmon.
RD was talking about the Chinese stone locks used for training.
Does that help?
"Anyone know where I can get Chinese Locks in the US?
A chinese locksmith :eek:
WD,
I already have Dumbells, I want Chinese Locks. The exercises are in my system, and I want to do them.
The rest of you goof balls,
LOL!!!
The dumbbells should work just fine. It’s the weight, not the shape that’s important.
If you want something more “traditional” looking, try filling a milkjug full of sand. That should do it.
Simple lock recipe
Grandmaster Tu’s homemade locks.
Get a cinderblock and a piece of rebar.
Bend the Rebar in a shape similar to this:
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./___\
fit the rebar into the holes of the cinderblock so that there’s enough room 3-4" above the block to grip the rebar. Stablize the rebar and fill the holes with cement. Once the cement is dried you can wrap the rebar with rope then perhaps leather to you have something heftier to grip. something like this:
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With a little bit of creative effort you can mold the cement over the edges of the rebar so only the horizontal grip is exposed the lock could look like this:
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|_____|
The weight distribution is significantly different that that of dumbells. Give it a try… good luck 
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Now that was helpful Being a metal worker, I was thinking of taking some 1/4 ince metal plate, and folding it into the basic shape.
Then add some plates in the bottom, and stack them up one at a time till they fill the empty space. I need some traditional dimensions for the locks though. Your method may be quite a bit easier though.
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|___| <---------the plates would be stacked inside here, and welded inplace one at a time as I progressed.
This idea came to me last night wile I was up because one of Terri’s exotic creatures had babies and they were making lots of noise all night.
As for Kettle bells, I’d have to look into them. They are more like cannonballs with handles, but they should be weighted close enough to work. I just want the Chinese version for the Chinese art.
WD,
You don’t know anywhere near as much as you think you do. Chinese locks are not only weighted differently than dumbells, but some of the exercises REQUIRE them to be weighted the way they are.
Originally posted by Royal Dragon
WD,
You don’t know anywhere near as much as you think you do. Chinese locks are not only weighted differently than dumbells, but some of the exercises REQUIRE them to be weighted the way they are.
LOL. If you don’t like my suggestion, don’t use it. Pretty simple no? :rolleyes:
No problem
Royal Dragon
That welded plate version sounds MAD… and heavy as hell!!!
Would love to see a finish product…
you could probably work out some kinf of mold with folded sheet metal.
While in Africa we made MANY cinderblock from scratch pouring cement into a metal mold.
Not sure how it would be done…
2 halves that come appart?
Hinged at the handle?
i n t e r e s t i n g . . .
keep us posted on it’s development.
You might check the January issue of Kung Fu Qiging Magizine 
I was thinking of making it out of 1/4 inch plate. I just need the specs. If I do it the way I described, it can start out light, and as I progress, I can add more plates, and thus more weight in a progressive mannor.
All I need is the specs, and permission to use the shop for my own purposes one day as opposed to making burners for the company. I can order the stock for the handle, like 1-3/4 diamater scedual 80 tubing. I’m thinking of ordering 120 inches, and turning the leftover stock into a really heavy staff. I can also order the plate in sheets of 120" by what ever width the Lock is suposed to be. I’d then cut it to size, and clamp it to the bench and heat the bends with a torch so it’s easy to bend to shape. Once I have the shape finnished, I can just cut the rest of the plate stock into weights that can be added to the Lock at will. The handle would just be cut to length in the saw, and welded in place according to whatever specs I build it out of.
I’d prefer to buy a set, as getting the shop for personal use is not allways easy (I’ve done it before though), but if I have to make a set, then I have to make a set.
I just need dimensions and other specs. so I can lay out the design on paper first so it’s a quick easy job. I might make some templates out of cardboard first to get an idea of the work ahead of time.
woah…
Well, I don’t know that there’s actual standarized specs for the dimensions for a lock.
the bigger the heavier I suppose. Sounds like the cinderblock method may be easier… but I do no meatle work so you discription sounds Wayyyyy over my head.
What if you designed a lock where weights can me added & or subtracted as needed. Sort of a mutated dumbel.
That could be very cool.
Or a combo where you bend that mettle tube in that handle shape I discribed earlier, then create a mettle square mold. You could then place the handle in the mold with cement…
This whole thing could make for quite an article . . .
Yeah, I should probably document it, and send it to Gene if I do it.
That’d be cool. My idea was to buy a box that fits the size you need, then just cut out to appropriate shape and pour it. (Using some bent rebar for the handle.
Rebar going across gap on top, or
use two dumb bells, attach at appropriate width (which would prob. include some welding of some sort), which could give the option of weight and weighting.
So a stone lock would basically be a heavy rectangle with a handle?
im still confused…