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Baby Dragon exactly! Pole work is a lot harder than most people realise, it takes enormous strength, coordination, skill and flexibility to do most moves and, unless you do work in a club or have some sort of gymnastic/dance background most of the moves are going to be completely alien to you.
You have to give yourself time because trying to rush ahead often leads to injury, especially things like elbows and shoulders and they are the sort of niggling injury that may never fully heal.
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@skramamme I agree with what everyone is saying about spin vs static, We dont even do spin mode at our studio until you can do a variety of spins, climbs, and holds on static. Which takes some people months. I am commenting about the screws. I can see your problem, no need to deconstruct, no need to call xpole. Yay! This is hard to explain, so feel free to ask questions. In the photo you posted, I can see on the second to bottom piece of the pole (not the base or that bottom one inch part where the spin pole screws are, buth the next 4-6 inch segment) There is a line. There is only one line, so look all the way around until you find it. On the next part up (that 6 inch segment directly below the screws that are sticking out) there is a small keyhole slit at the base. I can see both in the photo you posted. These NEED to line up, or else the screws will a) not screw in all the way like yours and B) damage the threads that allow you to put the pole up and down. let me know if that doesnt make sense!
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Oops, I tagged the wrong person I menat @lazarenka
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jsheridan no worries 🙂 I’m glad you know what to suggest about the screws, all I know is it looks painful the way it is 0_o
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Wow. Thanks for all the GREAT responses! Yeah, I had a construction worker put up my pole… so you can see my reluctance on taking my 12 foot pole down and reconstruct it by myself. I need to get myself a boyfriend! I tried to call X Pole and they directed me to get online and watch the construction video. I will figure it out. I am about to post a nice pic of my scars.
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So I am finally on my computer with photoshop haha. Which may help. I circled the parts that need to line up. Put the pole on static, loosen the screws that cut you, then adjust it until the notch and line line up, retighten, all done!
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Lazarenka, you can do it yourself! You dont need a boyfriend. You’ll do it! Just have trust in yourself.
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I have like 12 foot ceilings!! And I just had a friend’s husband look at it and he said that I would have to take the whole thing down. I appreciate the bravado you are suggesting that you have in me… but I am only known for my ability to completely mess everything up!! “Damn the instructions!! Full speed ahead”! I feel as if I am somehow missing the mechanical/technical part of my brain. Maybe I can… maybe I have just avoided doing things that I didn’t want to read the instructions to… I CAN DO IT BABY!!! ALL BY MY LONESOME!!
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@jsheridan… thank you!! That’s above and beyond help! I will keep that in mind when I reconstruct it!
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Try what I suggested first! It takes 30 seconds, if it doesnt work you wasted 30 seconds. If it does work, then no reconstruction necessary and you save all the time from that! Obviously I cant see the whole pole to know if there are other issues as well. Also, I am a studio owner with 13 foot ceilings. I set up and installed all the poles by myself, and have to take down/put the poles up on a daily basis for our other classes. You can totally do it yourself if you want! No man needed.
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Now THAT’S impressive!!! I tried lining it up without taking the pole down, but it looks like that’s the only solution… so, IT SHALL BE DONE!!! Thanks for the uplifting example! I CAN DO IT!!!
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So what happened when you lined things up?
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Can you explain what happened? You do not need to take the pole down to line them up, this is where you tighten/loosen the pole up to install/uninstall it, so to take it down you will end up doing the exact same thing. The only difference is you will do a 1/4 turn to the pole instead of the 35 rotations needed to take it down. I can send a video if you need to show you what I mean. 🙂
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The part of the video you need is from 13 mins 50 seconds onwards to try and adjust your pole without actually taking it down. Hopefully this will line up the line with the little cut out “keyhole” and enable the screws to lie flush. If adjusting it like that doesn’t work then it’s the length of the pole/extension that is the issue and you’ll have to take it down, change extensions and reinstall.
If I remember correctly from when I first installed my pole, those screws will not screw in flush or bite/lock to the pole if the extension is too small for your ceiling. Or is it too large. Both?! Either?! Sorry, it’s been a while! Anyway, the root of it is the extension is the incorrect one for your setup. Installing the pole isn’t technically hard, it’s just fiddly. Now, my ceilings are over 8ft, not 12ft like yours but I done mine without help. The top is top heavy so it can wobble about, that’s the only challenge really, along with getting it straight from top to bottom. You don’t need a builder to install it and by the sounds of it anyway he messed it up. Even if you just have a friend to keep the pole stable, it can make it easier. I just took my time, used my spirit level and was careful.
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Yes, if the extensions are wrong, then it need a complete fix. I made this little video so you can see what I mean. Hopefully it helps! I appologize that I am not good at talking, videoing and demo-ing with the pole as you can see by me droping the hex key 6 times and not keeping the camera steady. I also included a bit at the end so you can see why its important. I like to educate people on why instead of just because the magic xpole gods said so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=373_d-Bajgo
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