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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: natural al on February 09, 2007, 06:52:07 AM
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I've got access to a pretty high end CAD software package at home on a trial basis for the next month or so. I've got a couple of ideas for pieces of equipment I might design just for fun. Anyone else ever really think about designing a piece of equipement? Any interesting ideas out there?
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Vince Basile did i believe.
"Hope this helps"
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I made this one for the shadow,
(http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:2MufGWfPxAznEM:http://img.alibaba.com/photo/50554485/Penis_Enlarger.jpg)
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yes...ive actually been designing a cardio piece (diagram phase only)
just make sure that you at least try to have a patent pending if you decide to submit it to equipment companies. over the years there have been numerous lawsuits because of "stolen" designs. if you can mock up a prototype...thats great, but dont even consider trying to make anything for production.
every year there are one or two booths at the major fitness conventions that have a "new" revolutionary leg extension...or some shit like that. waste of time and $$$$. get an idea, patent it, get a lawyer and submit to major labels. if its a no-go, submit to the smaller guys....
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Shadow invented this one. After showing his friends how good it worked, he became the neighborhood fluffer.
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yes...ive actually been designing a cardio piece (diagram phase only)
just make sure that you at least try to have a patent pending if you decide to submit it to equipment companies. over the years there have been numerous lawsuits because of "stolen" designs. if you can mock up a prototype...thats great, but dont even consider trying to make anything for production.
every year there are one or two booths at the major fitness conventions that have a "new" revolutionary leg extension...or some shit like that. waste of time and $$$$. get an idea, patent it, get a lawyer and submit to major labels. if its a no-go, submit to the smaller guys....
If I design something, I only have some rough ideas, it's gonna take some time. I have access to patent lawyers if it gets that far. As far as mocking up a prototype...I dont' know how you would even go about doing that, I gues you could scale it down and an SLA or an SLS part made just for show but that would cost a ton of money. To actually get something made would really get expensive...who knows, it's really in a very early developmental process right now.
What type of machines would you guys like to see? Anything specific that you would like to change to a current machine that's out there? Personally I'm a big fan of the old nautilus stuff.....
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sure....
Al Nautilus, Joe Hammer and Billy Cybex all did fairly well I'd say..! ;D
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Vince Basile made this machine for concentration curls...
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Gravity Suit.