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building a stripper pole

By indubitable in indubitable's Diary
Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 10:36:16 PM EST
Tags: stripper pole, pole dancing, engineering, carpentry, building shit (all tags)

my housemates and i have decided we need a stripper pole for when we throw house parties. since the ebay options are either too flimsy or too expensive (mostly the latter), it's up to us to design and build one.


the design parameters were more interesting than i first assumed. for example, the choice of material for the pole dictates what kind of dancing it's conducive to -- chromed steel and brass poles are on the slippery side, while titanium finishes are "grippier" (higher friction coefficients). the plans i've found recommend a 2-inch steel plumbing pipe, which is easily obtainable from Home Depot (as are the rest of the supplies).

the pole can probably be fixed up quite nicely with a proper surface treatment -- i think metal polish (preceded with wet sanding if necessary) ought to result in a mirror-like surface finish. the base will be a little trickier -- there are many things to consider in its design just judging from cursory analysis. for example, how will the pole be affixed to the base? should it be static or have the ability to rotate? how should loads from the pole and floor be distributed over the structure? how high of a load limit should there be1? where should weights be placed in the base and how heavy should they be to ensure a specified level of stability?

since i'm an engineer, i hope to satisfactorily answer these questions and more before this project is finished. other considerations are the aesthetic properties of this structure, which i am perhaps not best-equipped to handle, but at this point i'm thinking a dark stained floor with a protective resin coating.

1corollary: no fat chicks!

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building a stripper pole | 19 comments (19 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Mirror-like finish is unnecessary. (3.00 / 8) (#1)
by nate s on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 10:52:38 PM EST

After the pole is smeared with various bodily secretions, fluids, and oils, you won't be able to tell it was ever reflective anyway.

I recommend running some plywood through a wood chipper and gluing the fragments together with wood glue in a vertical column.  The rough surface will provide extra stimulation to the stripper, and your dog can piss on it whenever it's not in use.  Everyone wins.

Bolt the pole into a metal cuff (none / 1) (#2)
by BottleRocket on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 10:56:35 PM EST

Attach the cuff to a soft rubber seal, to prevent slippage.

Personally, I think polishing it will be the hard part. The finish has to be uniform. And you probably want to make sure that it won't give the girls metal splinters, otherwise they'll start refusing to dance on it.

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Write an article with results, please. $ (3.00 / 3) (#3)
by akostic on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 10:57:37 PM EST


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PLS POST THE HIREZ. $ (none / 1) (#7)
by spaceraider on Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 11:26:34 PM EST



Make the pole vibrate.. (none / 1) (#9)
by k31 on Tue Jul 11, 2006 at 12:37:44 AM EST

It would just be a cool engineering challenge to allow the pole to vibrate. However, the dancers may not like that. I'm not sure, and I've never pole-danced myself.

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if you build it (2.62 / 8) (#10)
by balsamic vinigga on Tue Jul 11, 2006 at 01:03:43 AM EST

i will cum

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field research required (none / 1) (#13)
by livus on Tue Jul 11, 2006 at 01:29:37 AM EST

I think you need to go to some strip joints and check out their pole qualities.

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IANAPD, but... (3.00 / 3) (#14)
by Entendre Entendre on Tue Jul 11, 2006 at 01:42:56 AM EST

...I do have a few minutes' worth of first-hand experience on this subject. They're pretty fun.

The one I was playing on seemed to be just regular water pipe, about 2 inches outside diameter. Not polished, not abrasive, just like what you've probably seen in hardware stores. I don't know what sort of bearings it was mounted with, but you definitely want the pole to rotate freely. That makes it really fun, and people who know what they're doing (not me) can put on a pretty good show with all the extra spinning around that a bearinged pole provides.

Ideally you'd use a thrust bearing (google for more examples) but a hefty radial bearing might work well enough. An automotive axle bearing, for example, might be strong enough with the axial loads in question, and those are easy to find at a junkyard.

Make it strong enough for fat chicks to spin on. You probably have friends who are not skinny (or even chicks) who will take a shot at it, just for grins. It might be fun to watch them fall on their asses but (a) that will happen even if the pole remains secure; (b) don't let that ruin the pole.

I wasn't even drunk, just figured it would be fun.

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Just use the steel tube as is (3.00 / 2) (#17)
by lukme on Tue Jul 11, 2006 at 03:00:27 AM EST

It adds character.




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Nice. (none / 1) (#18)
by creature on Tue Jul 11, 2006 at 05:25:21 AM EST

Mixing sexual exploitation with maths/engineering geekery. Oh, what a world of contrasts we live in.

It's probably worth taking a peek on Instructables; maybe someone has built one before. You can pinch their ideas.

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