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ModPermalink Reply by Martika* of MartikasMysticDesign on September 13, 2011 at 10:54am

Luna was selling them at one point, you could shoot her a email about when they will go on sale again. I know you can get a kit to collapse the Dreamweaver hoop. She probably stopped selling them to travel & perform. You can buy all the supplies from home depo or lowes. You need 8 T-connectors, cut out the tubing for 58+ hoop and a 34+ hoop. Then cut the hoops into 4 sections. You will also need to cut 4 about 15-25 in long bars of tubing to connect the hoops together.For webbing I'd drill a small holes around the hoop and use a curved needle to sew in some kind of webbing. And to make it collapsible you could sand two ends of the T-connector and add push buttons.

 

This is all a guess, haven't tried to make one yet, but if I were going to make one this is how I would do it.

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StudentPermalink Reply by Tilly Whirls on September 13, 2011 at 11:37pm

I think it'd be pretty fun to experiment with making your own. :) Martika's info is a good place to start. Maybe you'll come up with something totally new and unique.

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Permalink Reply by Robin on September 13, 2011 at 4:47pm

very cool. i want i want

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Permalink Reply by Brielle Whitney on September 14, 2011 at 5:10am

I would try to make it before paying $175 for a hoop! It says what kind of tubing it is. I would say to get with a friend and really figure something out. You Tube and other sites have directions on making collapsible hoops with the bungee cords, you could probably do the same thing for the connecting tubes. I have no idea what that webbing is though and how you could easily collapse that. Maybe you should just buy one haha Either way, GOOD LUCK! :)

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ModPermalink Reply by Martika* of MartikasMysticDesign on September 14, 2011 at 8:48am

she doesn't put the bungee cord in the hoop, it's used for the webbing. She lets the webbing hold the peices together after it's collapsed. She also uses polypro tubing but you can use 100 pvc psi or 125 psi pvc tubing to practice with first.

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Permalink Reply by VoodooHulaHoops* on September 14, 2011 at 4:45pm

Try making one, its easy & like Martika says.

I make something similar, (I dont do the weave, I do that part differently and a couple of other minor things...) I used to have a tutorial up, but its down now & I probably wont get back to it for a while unfortunately.

There is another thread somewhere which may have some more tips for making these in it, Im not sure.

 

ETA: Here it is

http://www.hoopcity.ca/forum/topics/how-to-make-or-find-this-hoop

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Permalink Reply by Vivien Schremp on September 16, 2011 at 12:01pm

Thanks guys so much good feedback! I def am going to try and make my own with all this great advice. I know I can make one, its just the collapsable part I think will be tricky. Need to take a trip to the hardware store

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Permalink Reply by Carolyn (scooterhulachika) B. on September 18, 2011 at 6:23pm

im loving this!!! im definitely going to try to make one!

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