How to Make a Stripper Pole

[david@didrace.com]

If any of the pictures don't load, hit 'Refresh' on your browser. Our web server sucks ass. So we were having a group of 25 or so local Corvette club owners come by the shop last Saturday for an open house. We had them by last year and already dyno'd most of their cars so we had to think of some sort of entertainment. It took us about 10 seconds to decide that we needed strippers, lots of them. Step one - Order an inordinate amount of strippers to come to the shop. Done. Step two - Design stripper pole. From the weekend before while doing my preemptive research up at a couple strip clubs in Wisconsin I noted that having a polished metallic pole is a must. It also must be sturdy and hold up to 125lbs flinging around on it with over 1G over force at times. So I hopped onto McMaster.Com to find the items I needed. Searching the term 'stainless tube' I came up with the pole material that I needed. 2" OD High Polish Type 304L Stainless Steel Tubing w/ a 1.87" ID leaving a .065" wall, six feet long for $87.68. I also ordered up a 3' length of the same material as the pole was to be roughly 8.5' tall. I already had 1 7/8" 16ga 304 Stainless Steel tube for some exhaust I recently made. All I needed was a base and top. Searching 'stainless fitting' I found #45605K656 which would be perfect to slip the ends of the 2" OD stainless into. McMaster Carr has a place within 20 miles of me so I called the next morning and picked up the materials from will-call. Total of roughly $185. Here's the sketch of the bases - I press fit a 5" length of the 1 7/8" OD tube halfway into the 2" OD 3' long tube and welded the two together. I then pressed the 6' length of 2" OD tube over the 2.5" of the 1 7/8" tube that was sticking out of the 3' section and fully welded the tubes together and made sure to have enough weld to grind down to a smooth surface with no low spots. I then cut the 9' section to length and welded 6"x6" plates onto the bases. Drilled four 1/2" holes on each plate 1" away from each corner. Took out the hammer drill and drilled holes for the concrete anchor studs. I slipped the top and bottom plates onto the pole and slipped the assembly into position and bolted down the base plate. We then leveled the pole and attached the upper plate into the ceiling with lag bolts. Here's the results, sorry some of the pictures are blurry... too many Monster Energy Drinks - We needed a rug so we bought this sweet ass one the day of the event. $130 but so worth it. And one of the 7, yes seven strippers we had there on Saturday. This girl took a Makita like a champ. David @ DIDRace.Com Modified by david@didrace.com at 6:38 PM 6/16/2008

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[snowseeker]

Most poles have bearings at the top and bottom for spin action.

[JRSC01GS-R]

sounds like a good time indeed

[JDMCRX]

Lol nice take it like a champ girl

[SD_Lurker]

Originally Posted by snowseeker

Most poles have bearings at the top and bottom for spin action.

[david@didrace.com]

Originally Posted by snowseeker

Most poles have bearings at the top and bottom for spin action.

Didn't have any complaints.

[weiRtech]

fewer pictures of the pole, and more of strippers.

[Dazed and Confused]

"Design stripper pole. From the weekend before while doing my preemptive research up at a couple strip clubs in Wisconsin I noted that having a polished metallic pole is a must. It also must be sturdy and hold up to 125lbs flinging around on it with over 1G over force at times."

Hilarious. I never thought I would see someone design and engineer a stripper pole on HT. I thought there would be more pics of the ladies tho

[bigsyke]

I had 3 in my old house, Ex wife was a stripper. I saw this I thought it was raining, but really it was my eyes watering.

[dave@passenger]

If you clean the scale off of the mild steel it will weld real nice and not toast your gas lense.

Where are the stripper pics?

[integraturbo96]

nice, I like that

[88ED8]

Originally Posted by bigsyke

Ex wife was a stripper.

Any pics?

[9295EJ-t]

should have left the tube unwelded.. that way the girls can spin easier... lol

there is a strip club near by, it has a spinning joint.. pretty fun watchin naked chicks spin around poles really fast!

[Finest]

No pics of stripper ON the pole? You're no good to me.

BTW, which clubs up here did you visit?

[bigsyke]

Originally Posted by 88ED8

Any pics?

A ton. litterally 2000lbs+ of pictures. Iv been an enthusiast since 21. Then the sweet baby Jesus showed me the light

I wish I had some pics of my fireman pole I did. She wanted a 2 story setup like they have at deja vu. It was cool untill we had to sell the house. Best GF I've ever had. So much fun

[BbqEazyE]

haha that is probably the best post ive seen ina while. Nice pole man Thats also a pretty nice setup w/ the garage!!!

[littlemissy]

You're saying that I didn't have to spend $350 bucks to get my mynx pole?! (although, mines removable)

Very nice thread. Love the pole you've made, are you planning on keeping it up? haha

[Top Ramen]

Originally Posted by littlemissy

are you planning on keeping it up?

That's the stripper's responsibility. . . .

[ROTARY]

^ lol

[b20turbojason]

Very nice work. Perhaps any pics of the pole in use.

[Kusai.Nihonjin.Desu]

If you can come up with a design where we don't have to tear up holes in the ceiling or the floor, I will buy it.

[david@didrace.com]

Probably NSFW but no nudity - http://www.didrace.com/gallery...9.jpg

The rest of the girls didn't want their pictures taken, little did they know we have 15 high resolution security cameras.

[snootworks]

AWESOME! I've been grumbling about setting up a clandestine peeler operation at our shop for ages!

Hopefully your initiative in making it happen will be just the encouragement I need to get the rest of the gang on board. "Well OTHER shops are doing it now, so WTF?!"

Hehehe.

[2fast4u831]

This thread is full of WIN!!

Originally Posted by Top Ramen

That's the stripper's responsibility. . . .

HAHAHA. fo sho!!

[alpha]

David. I have to ask. Do you have any job openings

Nice work, lol