by Tyerrup » Sat May 01, 2010 12:30 am
One homemade gag i have I copied from some website that was selling them for $25. It's the ball on a stick gag. I have found a rubber ball at I think petco. I'ts like 1-3/4" diameter, has a hole in one side already and there is a bell inside.
Anyway, I take a piece of round dowel that fits the hole(maybe 3/4"-1" diameter), drill a second hole on the opposite side, inline with the existing hole. Then, either dip the dowel in Plasti-Dip(Liquid Latex would be better since it's not full of chemicals) or spray paint it matching or contrasting color.
Then once the dowel is dry, you simply shove it one hole and out the other, leaving about 3" of dowel sticking out each end.
I think they call it a "swivel D) or something, but there's a tiny d-ring you can buy that has a thin metal screw plate attached to it. I use one on each end of the dowel, screwing them into the end of the dowel, centered.
Then, I made up a leather strap(or you can make do with nylon strapping, re-purpose a dog collar, use chain or rope) with a buckle for it. It cost about $6 or so all together.
I am currently(sort of) trying to duplicate a gag I saw on quality control/conversation piece. It's a head-harness ball gag where instead of leather straps, it has the chain from those cheap dog choke chain collars. I used a racquet ball for the gag ball, but it is pretty large so I may have to change that. My sticking point was in not having the model here to size it properly, or to find a way to make the connections adjustable for different sized people.
Eventually I want to buy or make a panel gag with an inside mounted ball-gag. I think those look really sexy. Or, better yet, have a panel gag but on the inside have heavy-duty tarp snaps, then have a rubber ball and a penis gag and be able to interchange them.
But also, I have sometimes had to modify a store-bought ball gag because either the ballgag that came attached was too small, or because the ball got cracked and needed to be replaced.
It's pretty easy to do. You just have to drill out the rivet on one side to free the ball from the strap, but be careful not to cut the strap itself of course. Then, change the ball and re-align the loose end of the strap and replace the old rivet with one of your own, or just buy some screw posts and use one of those. Just be sure to use a screw post or rivet that is not too long. You want it to be tight. It's better to use a screw post and to do it on both sides of the gag. Then, if you're talking about a head-harness gag, you can have different balls and perhaps a penis gag mounted to a piece of leather with holes in the end. Then you can quickly switch out gags. You could even do this if you play with several different people regularly. You can keep 1 head harness, and a separate ball for each person.
Also, I know that with a small investment in basic tools, anyone can make a lot of the ballgags, etc. that they charge $25-$100 for. My biggest problem has always been in finding the right ball! I swear it's like there's a company out there just churning out rubber and silicone balls just for gags. I have even looked into buying a large quantity of rubber balls wholesale, but haven't found a decent supplier. I only find like companies making them black and white for industrial and scientific use. Because to me, if I were to invest say $200 in rubber balls and leather strips, I could probably make $500-$1000 worth of gags if I bought the same ones retail.
I've often thought that a group such as this should all pay a monthly membership, but the $ goes into a fund to set someone up with their own shop to make leather toys. Then we can buy them at cost. Which could be as little as like $10 for a $50+ head-harness gag.
OR, instead of that, we all pay a monthly membership, then once a year we have a play party financed by the member's dues, and have Pro Dommes and subs there to play with. :)
And each other of course. And there'd be workshops and modeling sessions where those of us who are amateur photographers can get tips from a pro. While getting to take pics of a hot girl (or guy).