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Building sticks

K1white3

K1white3

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So I have a feeling the answer I will get is DIY because I’m posting in that section but.... is it better to build a few sets of sticks or just buy them outright? Looking at the helium’s. Is the markup on them so high I’d save a substantial amount (over $20) or not worth the difference? I was checking out double steps.com and it seems that they have everything you would need right there. Would just need a paint job. Any advice?
 
K1white3 said:
So I have a feeling the answer I will get is DIY because I’m posting in that section but.... is it better to build a few sets of sticks or just buy them outright? Looking at the helium’s. Is the markup on them so high I’d save a substantial amount (over $20) or not worth the difference? I was checking out double steps.com and it seems that they have everything you would need right there. Would just need a paint job. Any advice?
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Look at my thread on custom stixs
 
You will spend way more than $100 (hawk cost) to build your own sticks. Prob close to double. If you are going for cost effective I don’t think you’ll do better than heliums. I have APIs which were also a great budget stick but can’t get them anymore


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Likely the only way to DIY sticks cheaper is if you can make certain parts yourself. If you can save on the button stand offs and steps you may be ok. I can get aluminum tube at a decent cost. But everything else would be too much. The up side is you can set custom step height.
 
cb750 said:
Likely the only way to DIY sticks cheaper is if you can make certain parts yourself. If you can save on the button stand offs and steps you may be ok. I can get aluminum tube at a decent cost. But everything else would be too much. The up side is you can set custom step height.
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Yeah no chance of being able to make myself. Looks like helium’s it is!
 
After you've gotten some time in on them. There's a couple good threads on here about modifying them if you consider doing that. Also @DaveT1963 has some you tube videos on it.
 
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