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Quiet Spin Anchor System Fixes Rattling Color Guard Flagpoles | OAWB Quick Sip

On A Water Break··12 September 2026·16 min

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Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts. A Podcast for Marching Arts Enthusiasts — On the Field, In the Stands & Behind the Scenes.That rattling weight inside your color guard flagpole? Bob from SouthEnd Precision 3D decided there had to be a better solution. In this OAWB Quick Sip, Trish O’Shea and Nicole Younger talk with Bob about the Quiet Spin Anchor System, a flexible 3D-printed insert designed to center a standard carriage-bolt weight inside a flagpole and eliminate the metal-on-metal movement that creates that familiar rattle. Jeremy Williams puts the Quiet Spin through a real flagpole test, and Bob explains how years as a guard dad—and roughly 45 revisions, including an early prototype his daughter promptly reported had shattered—led to the finished product. They also get into electrical tape, changing flagpole weights, guard glove clips, saber tips, hair-tie holders and the other hyper-specific marching arts problems SouthEnd Precision 3D is tackling.Featuring: Bob — SouthEnd Precision 3D Trish O’Shea — @trishdish1102 Nicole Younger — @o2binpjs Jeremy Williams — Quiet Spin demonstrationFind SouthEnd Precision 3D: https://southendprecision3d.com/ Quiet Spin Anchor System: Available through Guard ClosetQuiet Spin Anchor Review: Guard Closet ReviewPresented by Guard Closet Your one-stop shop for color guard, marching band and the marching arts. https://www.guardcloset.com/ | @guardclosetOn A Water Break: Website: https://www.onawaterbreak.com/ Listen Everywhere: https://www.onawaterbreak.com/links Hosts: https://www.onawaterbreak.com/hosts Marching Arts News: https://www.onawaterbreak.com/news YouTube: @OnAWaterBreak Instagram, Facebook & TikTok: @onawaterbreak