Mini barbells

I will miss Tom, a weight-lifting trainer and friend from the JCC who is retiring. I made him this set of miniature barbells.

  • With quarter for scale
    With quarter for scale
  • Weights are brass, bar and sleeves are stainless steel, clips are music wire
  • Squat rack
    Squat rack

Construction

  • Brass plate screwed to sacrificial wood base
    Brass plate screwed to sacrificial wood base
  • Milling weights completed
    Milling weights completed
  • After finishing and polishing on the lathe
    After finishing and polishing on the lathe