Soloflex Resto-mod

[sparkydog]

This is the 3rd Soloflex I've owned but the first since I have a MIG and I'm not afraid to use it. The 1st Soloflex was in the late 80's and I probably bought it new - so that means it was over $1000 in 80's money. 2nd one was in the 90's and used - probably something like $500-$750. This one was $80.

I like the basic concept of them and don't really care whether stretching rubber is different than dead weight. I also like their minimalist styling, I like the story behind the founder of Soloflex who was a real character and I like that they were headquartered in Oregon.

But each time that I have owned and used one I always wanted to fix some of the design/construction flaws so I thought I'd share what I'm doing. I picked this unit up yesterday morning and today I took care of a few of the more simple changes.