alewar
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DIR Zone also sells very nice 6mm steel back plates.
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... And I'm still trying to find out if Fred T is still around and making backplates.
DIR Zone also sells very nice 6mm steel back plates.
Option "X":
stop by a metal supply/fabrication shop, and see what a set of simple rectangular plates would cost you to have made. drill them and your plate (possibly tap?), and bolt on....
Would probably be easier to get the DSS lead plates and have a local shop drill and attach them. Not a bad idea. Not sure Tobin will sell the weight plates to me. They are made for DSS backplates and they don't like selling accessories if they won't be used on DSS plates.
they are SS, not lead. Keep in mind, they are shaped specifically to his plate. Alignment with webbing slots being paramount, and likely needing modification. I had to modify a pair (even on my DSS plate) to facilitate accessing the plate rim holes better than provided, and it was a healthy endeavor utilizing an end-mill. Those plates are thick and hard....