Bumper Plate Repair

[dwagman]

Bumper Plate Repair

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Dan

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Those who are enamored of practice without science
are like a pilot who goes onto a ship without rudder or
compass and never has any certainty to where he is going.
Leonardo Da Vinci; 1452-1519

[Randy Smith]

What company made the plates? I.e., what kind of rubber (and/or other stuff) is in them. Some things have a mold release agent that almost nothing will stick to.

With that info, sombody with a chemistry or chem engineering background might be able to help.

Randy

[61pwcc]

I’ve thought about using a just too small bicycle tire for this problem. Figured I’d have nothing to loose and everything to gain. Squeeze the plate in the tire hoping for a SNUG fit and pray for the best!!

[dwagman]

Randy, they are 5 Eleikos and 1 Uddeholm. The Uddeholm split on one side and that seems to be holding pretty darn good with silicone. That’s an interesting point about chemistry. I bet that would be able to solve the problem but I don’t have access to that sort of resource and it might be more involved than what it’s worth. Hey, maybe I could find a chemistry grad student who lifts weights and needs an idea for a masters thesis…

Jim, not sure if a bicycle tire would do it, but perhaps a motorcycle tire. But I would think that all that would do is prevent the pieces from dropping out but wouldn’t do much to prevent further splitting since that already started. But for new plates, I bet that idea would prolong the life of the bumpers.

Considering all of the time I’ve spent on this, and all of the queries I’ve launched, with no definitive answers, I think I might have to just train with lighter weights and take up bodybuilding. Yup, that’s the ticket…

-d

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Dan

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Those who are enamored of practice without science
are like a pilot who goes onto a ship without rudder or
compass and never has any certainty to where he is going.
Leonardo Da Vinci; 1452-1519

[KCSTRONGMAN]

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[dwagman]

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-d

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Dan

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Those who are enamored of practice without science
are like a pilot who goes onto a ship without rudder or
compass and never has any certainty to where he is going.
Leonardo Da Vinci; 1452-1519

[Al Myers]

Dan, Before you start a giant rubber fire, you should check out the collector value of your Uddeholm bumper. Those are extremely rare and might be worth more than you imagine (even if in damaged condition). I’ve seen some of the prices that these type of items fetch on ebay.

Who knows – you might sell it for enough to buy yourself a new set of econo bumpers???? Al

[dwagman]

Econo bumpers?

Al, oh Al, do you really think I’d slip one of those cheap China plates over my TEXAS POWER BAR???? LOL

But seriously, I do realize that it’s a rare plate. I was hoping that I’d get two of them, but the rest of them were in good condition and the S&C coach wouldn’t let them go.

And I know you just wanna touch it…hehehe…but since that’s not possible, here’s a picture of the front and back of the plate. Note where I siliconed the back of it at the bottom of the second image.

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Dan

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Those who are enamored of practice without science
are like a pilot who goes onto a ship without rudder or
compass and never has any certainty to where he is going.
Leonardo Da Vinci; 1452-1519

[Al Myers]

Dan – It would be a crime against the world of weightlifting to put a torch to that plate!!

Can I talk you into bringing it along to my place next month so I could see it firsthand??? You know I have a old Uddeholm bar in my bar trophy case that it would fit finely on??

We may have to put “our dispute” on hold as I wager a barter with you. haha

[dwagman]

You DO wanna touch it, eh? hihihi

Al, this plate is actually pretty well repaired and holding up nicely. It’s the remaining Eleikos that have a split, of varying sizes, where the rubber is in contact with the platform. On about two of them, that split goes deep and has even internally separated from the outer wall.

I’m sorta sentimental about my bumpers and you’d find it difficult to convince me to let any one of them go. Besides, I have to ask, considering the fact that these plates probably still have, what you would consider “KU skank” on them, why would you want them in your K-State infested gym?

If you’d like, we can continue this via e-mail…

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Dan

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Those who are enamored of practice without science
are like a pilot who goes onto a ship without rudder or
compass and never has any certainty to where he is going.
Leonardo Da Vinci; 1452-1519

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