WTB: vixen counterweight

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WTB: vixen counterweight

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Hi all,
Who has a 2.8 or 1.9kg vixen counterweight to let go? Green preferably. Thanks! :D
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i have a spare 3.2 kg old vixen counterweight ( old version ) and slight rust ) , green in colour , pm me if interested. :)
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Re: WTB: vixen counterweight

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neoterryjoe wrote:Hi all,
Who has a 2.8 or 1.9kg vixen counterweight to let go? Green preferably. Thanks! :D
Go to AIBI shop and buy those 0.5kg plates. Work the same.
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Go to AIBI shop and buy those 0.5kg plates. Work the same.
You mean the Aibi plates have the same central hole diameter as Vixen weights? how are you going to lock/tighten the weights to the c/w shaft?
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I do the same thing. I clip mine between 2 other "actual" CWs. Dunno how you gonna do it with just one other though ... :)
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ariefm71 wrote:
Go to AIBI shop and buy those 0.5kg plates. Work the same.
You mean the Aibi plates have the same central hole diameter as Vixen weights? how are you going to lock/tighten the weights to the c/w shaft?
Use innovative methods. You just need to lock it..plenty of ways to do that. I have seen people use a large paper clip and clip onto the shaft so that the weights dun run. Ugly...but functionable.
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