Balazs I-Box modifications and installation

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  • StevieMac
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2010
    • 177

    #16
    Originally posted by TJ_MaTee View Post
    Very Cool Stevie! Looks solid as a rock too. Awesome job!
    Thanks TJ.

    Originally posted by PIEFURZ View Post
    Solid job, I'm sure you'd get an endorsement from both gentlemen in the photos. Now it would be funny if the whole wall would fall down. I would sue Acme and suspect the Road Runner if it does. Meep Meep, LOL, happy baggin.
    LOL thanks for starting my day out with a laugh.

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    • spinsmashpop
      Speed Bag Wizard

      • Nov 2008
      • 1081

      #17
      Great stuff! Looks like a great place to bag!
      And yeah, my garage is the coolest place in my house too...
      Drumsets, boomboxes, and speedbags!
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      • StevieMac
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2010
        • 177

        #18
        Thanks spins, I'm diggin’ that space you have too. I used to play drums a long time ago so have an extra bit of appreciation for your setup as well as your skills under the board and behind the kit!

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        • Speedbag
          Author of the Speed Bag Bible, founder of speedbagcentral.com

          • Feb 2006
          • 7109

          #19
          Originally posted by jumpcannon View Post
          I think the guy on the left is Richard Simmons. Am i close?
          Yeah, Pretty close. Maybe his twin brother?

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          • Speedbag
            Author of the Speed Bag Bible, founder of speedbagcentral.com

            • Feb 2006
            • 7109

            #20
            Originally posted by StevieMac View Post
            I got my I-Box installed on Saturday but first I had to do a few modifications. Not that there’s anything wrong with the I-Box to begin with but I tend to modify just about everything anyways

            First of all I followed the advice of Aad03 and turned the swivel 45-degrees so I could drill mounting holes straight through the drum and steel backing plate without any conflicts with the square tubing that support the drum itself. Aad03 has detailed instructions on how that’s done in this thread: http://www.speedbagforum.com/forums/...=balazs&page=2



            Chris M Suggested that he thought using a mouse pad or something similar to take up the space between the mounting arms and the drum in the rear. You can see his comments here: http://www.speedbagforum.com/forums/...ighlight=mouse
            That seemed like a good idea. It certainly couldn’t hurt and I had some 1/8” thick rubber matting so I used two layers of that to take up the space.




            So the drum was now extremely well supported directly under the mounting plate and towards the back but the front of the board is not supported and I suspected would be subject to quite a bit of vibration. The steel plate the drum bolts to is 3/16" thick and I had a small piece of 3/16” plate laying around so I decided to weld that to the front of the existing mounting plate. It would have been even better if I had a larger piece of steel but I made do with what I had on hand.



            The heat from welding caused the front of the plate I added to not sit completely flush with the drum so I shimmed it with some more of the 1/8” rubber matting and bolted the plate to the drum. This definitely reduced vibration at the front of the drum. I’ll likely add a thicker hardwood drum at some point but the current level of vibration is now acceptable to me.

            I decided to use 2x6s behind the wall mounts to hopefully make everything a little more solid, protect the wall to some extent and to move the platform out from the wall a bit. I used more of the 1/8” mat behind the 2x6s simply because I had it.





            The flash makes the paint on the wall look awful but I swear it’s not that bad. It is in the garage though!

            Anyway, that’s the new setup and I’m really happy with it. That doesn’t mean there won’t be future mods but so far, so good!

            I’ll try to get another video posted this weekend.

            Cheers,
            Steve
            Great post, and nice unit. I'm gonna pass that 45 degree swivel rotation modification idea on to to Balazs and see if they might consider pre-drilling the boards and steel frame, or at least offer it as an option if people that want to bolt their swivels on rather than use screws.
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