About 3 years ago, I noticed that our horisontal band saw leaves alot of metal shavings (like saw dust, only metal) when we cut steel for the product we make. Now, I happen to have 6 military surplus bags made out of canvas. If you filled all 6 with sand, you have just enogh sand to fill one of Everlast’s “Big” Leather heavy bags. I also noticed much of our equipment does this.
So, I started saving all the metal and drill shavings thrown offf by our equipment (drills, saws, pipe threaders etc.)
Well now, I have 4 bags of VERY heavy metal shavings with the consistancy of sawdust, but the wieght of metal and i’m on my way to filling the last two.
I weighed one of the bags today on the UPS scale, and redlined ithe scale at 92 pounds. NOW, this is as high as our scale goes, and I’m SURE these bags are at least 100 pounds each, very likely more (possibly 25 pounds or more over 100)
So, if we multiply 100 pounds (minimum) times 6 canvas bags we get a 600 pound heavy bag!!!
I was wondering, how many of you have a bag THAT heavy, and if you did what benifit would it bring?
Wait a minute, something’s not right here. If you have 6 100lb bags then you have 6 100lb bags. If you had another giant bag and filled it with the shavings from the 6 100lb bags, then you would have 1 600lb bag.
Getting this to hang would be a b!tch from hell. And I think you might as well punch a wall.
I have a 190lb. horse hide bag from Everlast. I love it.
Wait a minute, something’s not right here. If you have 6 100lb bags then you have 6 100lb bags.
If you had another giant bag and filled it with the shavings from the 6 100lb bags, then you would have 1 600lb bag.
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Actually, the 100 pound bags are rather small, it’s rthe fact that they are filled with metal shavngs that makes them so heavy.
The Punching bag i want to put the shavings into is the big leather Everlast bag (you know, the one we all dream of?)
I didn’t think about wrists, glad you mentioed it. I supose I could use a 600 pound bag (If I can even HANG it!!) to build side kicks that can kill an grizzly bear!!
I would hang Canadian BadAss’s mom, but I don’t know of anything less than a crane that could hold her. And even that would begin to give after a few days.
I went from sawdust to paper shavings. Sawdust was just too dense, and hurt my hand. I wuold rather work out with something like paper shavings, which are dense enough but give a little, and be able to work out for longer. After all, your targets are not hard as steel.
Budokan, don’t you worry about the effect hitting a brick wall will have on your hands/wrists/elbows/shoulders/back after a few years?
RD, cool. I’d make sure you a some strong leather, but even so I think it would break before long. However, but I think you could leave it sitting down and propped up against a wall or something and develop an UNFRIGGINHOLY round house kick with it.
My thought was more the “Side Kick” as that seems to be one I just naturally get in on just about everyone I have ever fought with little to no effort.
As for hanging it, I figured I’d buy 3 empty Everlast Leather bags and hang them inside one another to help hold all that wieght up.
The other option would be to only put 3 bag of metal shavings in it, and the rest sand to end up with a more reasonable wieght, like 350 pounds.
I have already hung and hit the little bags that wieght in around 100+, and they give with the same consistancey a sand. They’re just D A M M heavy for such a small size!!!
As for hitting with hands, they give enogh to do it, but the big bag will probually not swing at all.
I know Tom Saviano (Trained Kieth Hackney) has one in his club here in Addison IL. his DOES NOT MOVE unless you kick it!! His is too hard to hit though, so I think he has more in there than just iron filings. Only his senior students and instructors hit THAt bag.
I’m guessing my bag will be like a tree trunk wraped in Wrestling Mat when done (another option that has merit).
The way I figure it, by spring of 2003 I should have all the little bags filled, and be ready to buy the everlast bags that the metal shavings go into, Only one more year to go He HEeeee!!!
I’m sorry I don’t understand the perpose of a 600 lbs heavy bag. When in tarnation are you ever going to punch something 600 lbs and with the density of metal? The only benifit I see is feeding the ego. If your looking for an iron fist type work out get a small metal plate about the size of your palm and punch it 1,000 tims every day for 4years (I don’t reomend actually trying this unless guided by a qualified master who will also teach the energy side iron fist needed).
I have a century Wavemaster heavy bag. With the water base, it is supposed to be 270 pounds, but it doesn’t feel like it. It also tends to move a lot. I’m stuck with it for now, until my housing options give me more flexibility to hang stuff (my neighbors would be none to pleased)
Errors in your technique will be greatly amplified by a heavier bag. one good roll of the wrist and your bag will start collecting dust for a bit.
Where in the He!! are you going to hang a 600 pound bag? That will knock your house down!
Let me tell you a story. I had a canvas bag that weighed 100 pounds when I bought it. At first this was enough weight. Over time(a few months) this got way to light to practise side kicks on so I decided to empty it of the cotton filling and I put dry corn(farm animal feed) in it with sand bags going down the center. When it was finished the bag weighed close to 300 pounds and it was perfect the weight and density was great. Soon I was knocking this thing all around and the support beams I hung it from were shacking pretty bad every time I hit it. The stuff you buy to hang the bag broke a few times and my dad had to swip some industrial thing from work. One day I do a hard side kick…WAP…the bag jumps up then slams down really hard and rips all around the middle and the corn goes every where. I noe own a 80 lb bag and a 100lb Muay thai century bag that goes all the way down to the floor. I practice punches and hand techniques on the 80lb bag and I practice kicks and sweeps on the 100lb bag. The only place I practice my side kick is on a cement wall or on a post I cemented 5 feet down and 2 feet circumfrince in the ground. I could have gotten stronger on the bag but luckily it broke before I knocked that beam out.
The Post I have on the other hand has lasted me 5 years without budging. I also tacked a wall bag of gravel on it and can practice hand techniues to. It’s really cheap to make, I used a 12 ft railroad tie I found in the alley. The only thing is you need to have a yard and in the winter it’s a challenge to go out in the snow and punch and kick it.
If your looking for an iron fist type work out get a small metal plate about the size of your palm and punch it 1,000 tims every day for 4years (I don’t reomend
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Not the point. a 600 pound bag is going to be VERY hard to move, and the practice of hitting it will eventually build the strength nessasary to move it. Now, if I can get strong enough to move THAT bag pretty good, imagine how frikkin hard I’ll be able to hit!!!
Hardness of the hand is irrelevant, especially since the bag has similar give to regular sand, it should absorb impact the same as a regular bag, it’s just god awfull heavy!!!
). Much too heavy even with wrist wraps on. Will be fixing problem shortly.