The typical price for a 20 kgs cast iron kettle bell is £50-70. What's
involved in making one?


Iron only seems to fetch about 10p per kg at the scrappy.

On 05/04/2021 16:13, GB wrote:
The typical price for a 20 kgs cast iron kettle bell is £50-70. What's
involved in making one?


Iron only seems to fetch about 10p per kg at the scrappy.

GIYF

How about this:
https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Ke...-for-under-10/

On 05/04/2021 16:25, Richard wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:13, GB wrote:
The typical price for a 20 kgs cast iron kettle bell is £50-70. What's
involved in making one?


Iron only seems to fetch about 10p per kg at the scrappy.

GIYF

How about this:
https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Ke...-for-under-10/



Concrete ones are much cheaper to buy than cast iron, but the density of
the material is different, and concrete ones are much bulkier. The
advantage, of course, is you don't need an iron foundry to DIY one.

On 05/04/2021 16:31, GB wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:25, Richard wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:13, GB wrote:
The typical price for a 20 kgs cast iron kettle bell is £50-70.
What's involved in making one?


Iron only seems to fetch about 10p per kg at the scrappy.

GIYF

How about this:
https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Ke...-for-under-10/



Concrete ones are much cheaper to buy than cast iron, but the density of
the material is different, and concrete ones are much bulkier. The
advantage, of course, is you don't need an iron foundry to DIY one.





You could always use mercury rather than concrete.g

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Roger

On 05/04/2021 21:24, Roger Mills wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:31, GB wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:25, Richard wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:13, GB wrote:
The typical price for a 20 kgs cast iron kettle bell is £50-70.
What's involved in making one?


Iron only seems to fetch about 10p per kg at the scrappy.

GIYF

How about this:
https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Ke...-for-under-10/



Concrete ones are much cheaper to buy than cast iron, but the density
of the material is different, and concrete ones are much bulkier. The
advantage, of course, is you don't need an iron foundry to DIY one.


You could always use mercury rather than concrete.g

Lead has a density 20% less than mercury.

Tungsten seems a better bet! A bit less toxic too and on par with the
density of gold.

"Fredxx" wrote in message
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On 05/04/2021 21:24, Roger Mills wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:31, GB wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:25, Richard wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:13, GB wrote:
The typical price for a 20 kgs cast iron kettle bell is £50-70. What's
involved in making one?


Iron only seems to fetch about 10p per kg at the scrappy.

GIYF

How about this:
https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Ke...-for-under-10/



Concrete ones are much cheaper to buy than cast iron, but the density of
the material is different, and concrete ones are much bulkier. The
advantage, of course, is you don't need an iron foundry to DIY one.


You could always use mercury rather than concrete.g

Lead has a density 20% less than mercury.

Tungsten seems a better bet! A bit less toxic too and on par with the
density of gold.

Depleted uranium works much better.

On 05/04/2021 21:35, Fredxx wrote:
Lead has a density 20% less than mercury.

Once at school we had a bottle with about a pint of mercury in it.

I tried to pick it up.

My hand just slid off the top. Most odd feeling.

Andy

On 05/04/2021 16:25, Richard wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:13, GB wrote:
The typical price for a 20 kgs cast iron kettle bell is £50-70. What's
involved in making one?


Iron only seems to fetch about 10p per kg at the scrappy.

GIYF

How about this:
https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Ke...-for-under-10/


I'm not sure that I would trust his method for attaching the handle - I
can see it pulling out of the Postcrete when the bell is in full flight.

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alan_m wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:25, Richard wrote:
On 05/04/2021 16:13, GB wrote:
The typical price for a 20 kgs cast iron kettle bell is £50-70.
What's involved in making one?


Iron only seems to fetch about 10p per kg at the scrappy.

GIYF

How about this:
https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Ke...-for-under-10/


I'm not sure that I would trust his method for attaching the handle - I
can see it pulling out of the Postcrete when the bell is in full flight.


The bottom of the Instructables page, right hand tile, shows
a handle modification, with rope and security pins. I don't
think much of the rope, but the security pins would
probably help. And the position of the security pins
is good, as the stress will be distributed better
by the handle, further up near the top.

You still have to decide what to make the security pins
out of, for corrosion resistance.

Paul