Homemade Highland Games Equipment

I started to design some equipment that would provide the experience of the games but making them safer, especially for a large group on people not experienced with throwing telephone poles, boulders, and sledgehammers around. So in this instructable I will show how I made some novice / family safe equipment to be used in our Highland Games. I would like to make some highland games equipment for myself; however, I really don't want to go the DIY route (ie.

stacked plates). What is the best way of going about this? Marcelo is a Highland Games athlete who wanted his own implements and decided why not just make them.

Now he makes and sells high quality Highland Games Implements. My homemade equipment did do a really good job of giving me the form, but I will admit that having real equipment would have done so much better. Then again, I did save a thousand or more dollars by making my own and I did place in a few events.

To mark lines and landing places, you could use masking tape, chalk, or cones. Get all the equipment ready different game events need different items. Prepare some small prizes for the winners; perhaps some certificates, or even small medals.

Ask if anyone has heard of the Highland Games. Always love homemade implements! Highly recommend 3/4th inch conduit and 2.5 or 5 lb weights with 1 inch holes (as thats the outside diameter of the conduit) you can slide weights on and off as you desire. Games Highland Ready, Set...

...GO! ack almost 1,000 YEARS! Nowadays over 80 Highland games take place across Scotland each summer, and many more happen around the world, but if you cant get to one this year, or want to enjoy a taste of the exc tement at home How to make a Sheaf Fork for Highland Games Tyler The Highlander 3K views 5 years ago From the playing fields of small towns and villages to the grounds of magnificent castles, Highland games Following the suppression of traditional Highland take place in a huge variety of settings.

Non-traditional implements like logs and stones means having the right equipment makes all the difference. At 4Throws, our highland games equipment replicates those unique events and their needs.