Which ceiling mount would you recommend?

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  1. wordisbond

    wordisbond Active Member Full Member

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  2. pahapoisu

    pahapoisu Superman! Full Member

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    Three of those are for wood beams and one is for steel ceiling I-beam. I dont have any place in my home to use any of those.
     
  3. gumbo2176

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    None of them. I have an 80 lb. heavy bag hanging under my back porch. The 2x10 joist is exposed but what I'm using would work if you have sheetrock over your joists in a finished basement application. All I have is a heavy duty 3/8 " thick closed eye hook that is threaded like a screw. Pre-drill the beam and screw the eye hook into it then put a double swivel between the bag and eyehook so the bag can rotate. If your ceiling is finished, locate the center of the 2x and do the same thing. The way I describe will cost less than $10 and can be bought at any hardware or big box store.
     
  4. wordisbond

    wordisbond Active Member Full Member

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    ^Thanks Gumbo. Right now I have an unfinished basement that I plan on renovating in the next year so everything is exposed right now.

    3/8'' is the thickness of the eye hook, but what is the length? Is it secure enough to support a bag through all the punishment? I already have a chain with a double swivel so all I need is the eye hook.
     
  5. gumbo2176

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    The one I used had a 3 inch coarse thread screw type cut, very similar to a lag bolt thread cut. I simply pre drilled the hole with a 1/4" bit about half the thread length to make getting it started a lot easier and once it got a ways in, I took a piece of pipe through the eye opening to finish screwing it in. It has held up for several years now.