Oak is a very old friend of mine of more than ten years. He and his wife Bleu own Painted Temple in Provo Utah which is one of the more amazing tattoo shops I’ve been in both in artists and beauty. The arm spines in the picture below are now resting comfortably in his forearm.
Oak's arm spines
Oak's arm spines
It is said that the weakest point in suspension rigging is the rope, so why not eliminate it. I designed this rig to work with two Gilson/SHS hooks as shown using two twist shackles which have a weight rating of 1320 pounds each. This design can also be used with rope as the rig itself has very smooth rounded edges on every single surface. I will have these available in about three weeks in polished stainless at the cost of $60 each. The one shown is powder coated pink (obviously for CooKie). Powder coating will be an additional $20. Both the stainless and powder coated versions can be autoclaved. I have had the rig Tensile tested at a metallurgy laboratory and the breaking load was 6422 pounds. Which means that the unofficial static weight rating divided by the typical 5 times for instruments used for lifting people would be 1284.4 pounds. This does not include the dynamic rating but I believe if my calculations are correct the dynamic rating would be somewhere around 400 pounds?
hook rig
Second generation heavy duty Gilson/SHS hooks incorporating a tools free design with a mirror finish. Shackles and hardware are stainless steel and can be autoclaved. The pin is 6 4 titanium with extra long needle guides designed to use 8 gauge needles and taper to 6 gauge and can also be autoclaved. These hooks have been designed to only work with D ring shackles, not quick links. I now have them available in my eBay store http://stores.ebay.com/Steves-Kaos-Connection-Body-Jewelry tomorrow I will show photos of a specially designed rig made specifically for 2 Gilson/SHS hooks which will be available in about three weeks.
Gilson/SHS second generation hooks
