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DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: hulkster on October 24, 2005, 10:20:26 am ---okay i know its been like 8 years since i asked this question, but i finally got some of this done. 

i got some boards and layed them across the bottom of my cp base and monitor base and drilled them in.  it helped a little, but it was still wobbly.  although i was a lot more confident that it wouldnt topple over or anything because it is now attached.  so then i decided to get some cinder blocks and put them in the cp base.  of course they wouldnt fit, so i had to break them up with a hammer.  so i put broken up pieces of two cinder blocks in the base, and now its quite a bit more solid, but still a little bit wobbly...but not much.  im thinking about getting some sand bags and maybe that would be better.  any thoughts??

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You got pics of what went down so we can see if we can improve on that?

Get those polybagged tubes of sand if you get sand.  Duct tape the piss outta the bags OUTSIDE before you bring 'em in. 
hulkster:
yeah ill take some pics tonight.  and if i get bags of sand, I'll probably double bag them in garbage bags...that will be easier than duct tape dont ya think?
DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: hulkster on October 24, 2005, 10:59:18 am ---yeah ill take some pics tonight.  and if i get bags of sand, I'll probably double bag them in garbage bags...that will be easier than duct tape dont ya think?

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I speak from experience here.  Easier than duct tape, yes.  When you end up poking a hole in those bags though, you'll be wishing you duct taped it.  My wife NEVER lets me forget that day.  The poly bag and the duct tape will make that bag the closest thing to bulletproof you can get.  Seriously, don't get that paper-bagged sand.  Those bust REALLY easy.  They make some white-colored poly fabric tube of sand they sell at Home Depot.  I think a single tube will fit and work in your CP stand.  Should cost $2.50 ish.
hulkster:
how heavy do those get?  i need some significant weight.
DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: hulkster on October 24, 2005, 01:32:30 pm ---how heavy do those get?  i need some significant weight.

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I think the tubes run ~30 lbs.  Not positive though.  The paper bags of sand are usually 20 pounders, and these hold more. 
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