I remember watching this vid while in high school, thinking how in the world am I gonna get money to make my own or even buy one from a manufacturer. Viola.. 2 years later I am now close to making my own metal furniture with the right equipment. This is possibly my next project. And I can say thanks for making me see that I can do my own stuff instead of buying one.
Boy, this makes me feel old, hahaha, but this is one of the reasons why I posted this video, to show that it can be done. Good for you, there is a sense of accomplishment on making your own projects in stead of buying them. Also, you can probably buy something cheaper some times, but the one you make is probably will be far more superior to that one cheap one, and if you are going to make something that other wise would be expensive to get, it will most certainly be cheaper to make it. There are no impossible things to accomplish than the one you don't even try. It may take some time but in the end, it can be done.
Ideas for your next video: Your DIY bench press. Awesome work! Have been designing my own but love seeing how others did it. So far you are the only one I've seen use all metal and no wood. Looks professionally done. Keep it up!
Awesome to see your rack, man. It's hard to find people that have made them commercial-grade with steel. I did this exact project back in 2008. I can empathize with you about drilling all those holes!
Hi Robert. Great video there, glad to see a well build homemade power rack. There is a great and cheap solution for the pipes that hold weights in the weight tree. As you said yourself it's pointless painting them as the weights will scratch them. What you can do is get some hard heat shrink tubing (usually used for insulation). slide it on, heat it up with some form of open flame, and voila. I did that on my power rack 2 years ago and it's still works perfectly. you can even get it in colors i think. the only prerequisite is that you have enough free space between the diameter of your tubes and the holes in the weights. Got that advice from my friend, worked great so i thought i shared it here, maybe someone else can use it.
Wow, thank you for the tip. I did not know they made shrink tubing that big, will have to look in to it. Thankfully, I live in Arizona, and we do not have rust problems here, it's very dry, but temperatures reach any where between 110 to 120 degrees on the worst summers.
Nice Job on the rack! I have just finished doing my own DIY Power Rack. DIY POWER RACK I also made a cool attachment for doing standing calf raises. Made my own Spotter Arms, Dip Handles and J-Hooks as well.
Watching this makes me want to have my father in law build me one. He's a metal worker and the build quality of yours looks so much sturdier than the ones these big names sell. Great job.
Thanks for the props, I have being using it a little more than when I posted this video and it has being working very well. So far it does not seem to have any construction weaknesses, it has with stand the abuse very well. I also made a bench press, which I have being using, but I have not made a video for, yet. I have being busy.
De nada TheBlackAurthur. Escribir en espanol no es my fuerte, so perdon my octografia. y buena suerty con tu prollecto. Si tienes preguntas dejame saver, y te ayudare si puedo. Cuando termines estoy muy interesaso en ver como te salio. Suerte con tu proyecto y descansa segido para mantener tu mente relajada, asi disfrutas el projecto mejor.
TheBlackArthur Yes, I am, but I was born in the US, and grew up in a latin community. So I can talk fluid spanish, but not write it. And because all my family and the majority of my friends talk spanish, I have a heavy accent. Looking forward to see your finish project.
This is a great project, only i personally wouldn't have sprayed any paint where id be constantly lifting, like on the pull up bar because i know that would be coming off after use. Great job though you gave me a good idea of what i need to do for my self.
Well thanks for the video, the rack is pretty much perfect in what i'd want. The only problem i would have is welding, i know how to weld, I've had classes but it needs work. One question, where did you get your steel from?
kahlil garcia I got it from a local metal shop. It's a local shop owned and they are very relax about it, some times when I can find smaller peaces from an already cut peace they, most of the time just let me have it. Or if I buy full peaces and I get a good amount they give me a price break. So I spend a lot of time scavenging through the metal trying to find metal peaces that I can use, and avoid cutting or buying a full peace. You see they deal with big companies in the area, that buy crazy amounts of metal. I think it's call David's Welding Supplies.
Great job Mr Quintero! You can actually have time to do your own projects on the job! That’s fantastic. 💪🏽. The piece came out great man! I wondered what the LEGO version would look like. Some of us poor bastards have to be able to easily relocate with our unit. You have a great talent. 👌💪🏽✅
Thank You, summers are slow in my town, so is keep your self busy or just sit there raking up the calories in your midsection. Might as well put that time to good use.
Julio, I wish I had the time to do it, but I don't, right now I have a lot of projects on hold because of work and family time. Sorry, but it fills good to now someone appreciates what I have done. Thanks. I tried to reply on your comment but I did not get a reply link, hope you check on the video and read this.
Hight 82" because of my celling hight, with is 46", and the working out area of the depth is 49" with about 12" extra on the back for weight plate storage. On my next power rack build I will give my self more storage space.
Sure, I made this project a while back, but I can take a picture with some measurements, and upload the picture. I will put a link to the picture in the comments section.
Well, I was looking for one to buy for my self, but the one that I could afford, was too much. So on it's page description, I found the material they used and the steel gage. I went of that, making improvements as I went. If I, and when, because I will, do it again. I am going to make a better one, meaning bigger better, with lots of other options.
+123 456 Thanks, and I do want does features, but I think I rather build a new one. I have a little more experience now and I think I can build a better one.
Thank you, one of this day I have to upload the bench press video that I made. Done after this project, I thought it was going to be simple but turned out to be complicated.
what measures the square tube and its thickness . That separation there enter the vertical tubes that hold the Olympic bar . that you used to drill the holes. I would appreciate your answer thank you very much
Thank you, I have being saying it, but I just can't seem to find the time to put together the video for the bench I made. Can not wait to see what all of you think about that one.
good work man. how come you didn't make some j hooks instead of that 1" bolt? I'd say it was hard going drilling all those holes. I think I'll just drill the ones I think I'll need.
Thank You, and I think i was getting in a hurry to finish it. A one inch bolt and a recycled j hook from my old bench made for a fast j hook build. and for all the holes, well it was boring and long processes, but I did not want to later on look back and say, "I wish I made more holes". :)
Hey Robert nice video, now I'm thinking of making my own, however, what is the thickness on the metal. I called my local metal shop and they are selling me a 20 foot bar, forgot the thickness, for 80ish. I guess it all depends on the thickness.
Jorge Castillo Sorry, when I bought the metal, I kind of eyed it. I think I went a little bit over. It would be lighter then what it is now. But at leas the sucker won't move now. Its not even encored down, and it does not move, even when I squat and slam the weight down fast.
Jorge Castillo Pretty sure 3mm thickness would do the job just fine. Unless you are a powerlifter and needed a monster rack, then go with 4mm thickness square tube. Aaand I think those are 2" square tubes. You can use 2x3s for a stronger build or a 3x3, 4x4 monster rack like the ones found on Rogue website.
hello friend robert garcia's got good video but not if serious so kind to show a flat or a drawing with exact measurements to produce the power rack and adjustable bench. you would be obliged
I will try, the bench video dough, has a link in the description with all the measurements. I should have done the same to this video too. I will work on it, but my time is short during the day dough. You see, we are in our busy season at work and I am working long hours right now.
Para comensar, perdon por mi espanol, pero no se deletrear mui bien, segundo no estoy seguro del prcio esacto. Porque endonde yo compro el fierro para mis progectos, me dan unbuen precio, y tambien trato de agarrar de pedasos que ya estan cortados. Cual, tambien es precio rebajado. Aparte mi error fue que no segui la quenta. Pues esque ice mas de una buelta para comprar el material. Pero si isiera una calculacion, yo diria que como de cien a ciento cincuenta dolares. Mas oh, menos. Aunque estoy pensando en acer otro, porque aora que tengo un poco de mas experiensia, se que lo puedo acer mucho mejor. No que necesite ser mas fuerte, pero si mejor. Perdon que no respondi tu pregunta mejor pero es lo mejor que pudo decir. Ala otra tratare de yebar mejor cuenta de todo lo que gasto y medir todo. Beras esque nunca pense que iba a ver tanto interes en el video, oh elprojecto. Gracias por el interes, y si aces uno, y tienes preguntas tratare de ayudarte con informasion que nesesites. Si puedo responderte correcta mente. De nuevo perdon por la falta de octografia y mi espanol.
Disculpe usted que no le escribo en inglés pero me es muy difícil, su español está bien. En que parte de Estados Unidos vive. Me gustaría hacer unos de eso pero no tengo la herramienta necesaria. Gracias
Thanks, for commenting, and I just used my small mig welder. I bought it like six years ago, at Lowes. When I bought it, I used it to install the lift kit on a jeep yj. It was an 8 in lift kit that was about 80% welded on. I abused the jeep, trail riding, racing on trails, launched it once or twice, none of the welds broke. And I never went to welding school or was never thought by any one. Learned by experience. :)
Thank you, and they should. Just the other day my friend told me that his weight came down on him while doing bench press, (working out at his house). The adrenaline helped him to overpower the weight away from his throat.
aouili aymen I am sorry my friend, but I do not have any plans, I never did. What I had was some pictures of the internet, and some basic sketches putting together the different functions I wanted from different benches, and when I say basic I mean basic. I think you can see it in the video. That is all I had. I used an old bench and my own body to make the measurements. Sorry once again.
+Alex M To be honest with you, I don't know. When I made this I knew what I wanted as far as outside diameter, but not on the gauge. So when I went to get the metal I kind of looked around to what they had and made a decision according to what they had there. If I can borrow a gauge I will get that for you. I will ask around. I have one, but I am not the most organized person and I can't find it.
Well, I wish I knew, I have put on it all the weight I own, and it does fine, it doesn't even stress one bit. I don't have much, just a little over five hundred pounds. Right now that is enough for me. Since my shoulder still bothers me a bit, and my knees as well so I am doing high reps and low to medium weight right now. I have started, about a month ago, mixing calisthenics along with my weight lifting to pre warm up my body, it seems to be helping with the pain.
.021 wall 2x2 metal tubing, but I regretted it, I wish I would had researched it better and used something bigger, like maybe a 3x3 tubing. I am thinking of making another one.
Height 82" because of my selling height, width is 46", and the working out area of the depth is 49" with about 12" extra on the back for weight plate storage. On my next power rack build I will give my self more storage space.
Actually, and I know I should had waited longer for the paint to dry properly, but it was sticky. And now the paint is wearing off where I usually grab it from (four points on it, because I very my grip on it when I do pull ups).
I thought about it, but after finishing it and before painting it. Two of my friends, (one being about 230bls and the other 250bls), hung from the pull up bar and racked back and forth, and side to side, (they were trying to tip it over), and the thing held very good. Did not even twicked. The side safety bars still went through the holes perfect, well as perfect or not as perfect as it was before. So I decided on no gussets. Now I am not very strong and not as strong as when I was younger but I have put 350bls on it and no problems.
😆, Well, I never said it was a "home" DIY, but it is a DIY, and it was built for home use, and I wish I had commercial-grade tools, but I don't, (unless that my Lowes bought, Lincoln welder, that almost cost me $400 count as commercial-grade). That and some Harbor freight tools here and there. And I build it at work because I spend most of the day there, (from 7:30 am till around 6:30 pm with an hour and a half lunch in the middle). And I am the boss at work, but I try to work on my projects on downtime. With my own tools, you see in my line of work we do not use the type of tools that are needed to build the kind of things I build.
I remember watching this vid while in high school, thinking how in the world am I gonna get money to make my own or even buy one from a manufacturer. Viola.. 2 years later I am now close to making my own metal furniture with the right equipment. This is possibly my next project. And I can say thanks for making me see that I can do my own stuff instead of buying one.
Boy, this makes me feel old, hahaha, but this is one of the reasons why I posted this video, to show that it can be done. Good for you, there is a sense of accomplishment on making your own projects in stead of buying them. Also, you can probably buy something cheaper some times, but the one you make is probably will be far more superior to that one cheap one, and if you are going to make something that other wise would be expensive to get, it will most certainly be cheaper to make it. There are no impossible things to accomplish than the one you don't even try. It may take some time but in the end, it can be done.
Ideas for your next video:
Your DIY bench press.
Awesome work! Have been designing my own but love seeing how others did it. So far you are the only one I've seen use all metal and no wood. Looks professionally done. Keep it up!
Awesome to see your rack, man. It's hard to find people that have made them commercial-grade with steel. I did this exact project back in 2008. I can empathize with you about drilling all those holes!
Hi Robert.
Great video there, glad to see a well build homemade power rack.
There is a great and cheap solution for the pipes that hold weights in the weight tree.
As you said yourself it's pointless painting them as the weights will scratch them.
What you can do is get some hard heat shrink tubing (usually used for insulation). slide it on, heat it up with some form of open flame, and voila. I did that on my power rack 2 years ago and it's still works perfectly. you can even get it in colors i think.
the only prerequisite is that you have enough free space between the diameter of your tubes and the holes in the weights.
Got that advice from my friend, worked great so i thought i shared it here, maybe someone else can use it.
Wow, thank you for the tip. I did not know they made shrink tubing that big, will have to look in to it. Thankfully, I live in Arizona, and we do not have rust problems here, it's very dry, but temperatures reach any where between 110 to 120 degrees on the worst summers.
Nice Job on the rack!
I have just finished doing my own DIY Power Rack.
DIY POWER RACK
I also made a cool attachment for doing standing calf raises. Made my own Spotter Arms, Dip Handles and J-Hooks as well.
Great job man, its built like a tank, every household should have a power rack!
Watching this makes me want to have my father in law build me one. He's a metal worker and the build quality of yours looks so much sturdier than the ones these big names sell. Great job.
Great job mate. Your great grand kids will be able to use that beast.
props to you bro, you say it isn't as nice as a thousand dollar one but you underestimate yourself
Nice power rack. I'm planing to build my own soon.
Thanks for the props, I have being using it a little more than when I posted this video and it has being working very well. So far it does not seem to have any construction weaknesses, it has with stand the abuse very well. I also made a bench press, which I have being using, but I have not made a video for, yet. I have being busy.
Hola Robert¡ Me he basado en tu video para hacerme una jaula de potencia exactamente igual,y de momento voy bien.Gracias por el video¡
De nada TheBlackAurthur. Escribir en espanol no es my fuerte, so perdon my octografia. y buena suerty con tu prollecto. Si tienes preguntas dejame saver, y te ayudare si puedo. Cuando termines estoy muy interesaso en ver como te salio. Suerte con tu proyecto y descansa segido para mantener tu mente relajada, asi disfrutas el projecto mejor.
Robert Garcia Jajajaja I thought that you were latino.I will show you the results soon.Greetings from Spain
TheBlackArthur Yes, I am, but I was born in the US, and grew up in a latin community. So I can talk fluid spanish, but not write it. And because all my family and the majority of my friends talk spanish, I have a heavy accent. Looking forward to see your finish project.
nice job bro, it looks very professional
Impressive... great craftsmanship
Thank You.
Thank You.
This is a great project, only i personally wouldn't have sprayed any paint where id be constantly lifting, like on the pull up bar because i know that would be coming off after use. Great job though you gave me a good idea of what i need to do for my self.
Thank You, and Your welcome, Yes indeed, the paint on the pull up bar seems smoother like it's getting thin. But it has lasted very well.
Well thanks for the video, the rack is pretty much perfect in what i'd want. The only problem i would have is welding, i know how to weld, I've had classes but it needs work. One question, where did you get your steel from?
kahlil garcia I got it from a local metal shop. It's a local shop owned and they are very relax about it, some times when I can find smaller peaces from an already cut peace they, most of the time just let me have it. Or if I buy full peaces and I get a good amount they give me a price break. So I spend a lot of time scavenging through the metal trying to find metal peaces that I can use, and avoid cutting or buying a full peace. You see they deal with big companies in the area, that buy crazy amounts of metal. I think it's call David's Welding Supplies.
Alright, well thanks for that. I'll defiantly have to look into that.
Great job Mr Quintero! You can actually have time to do your own projects on the job! That’s fantastic. 💪🏽.
The piece came out great man! I wondered what the LEGO version would look like. Some of us poor bastards have to be able to easily relocate with our unit. You have a great talent. 👌💪🏽✅
Thank You, summers are slow in my town, so is keep your self busy or just sit there raking up the calories in your midsection. Might as well put that time to good use.
Robert Garcia yeah that’s understandable 😃
Julio, I wish I had the time to do it, but I don't, right now I have a lot of projects on hold because of work and family time. Sorry, but it fills good to now someone appreciates what I have done. Thanks. I tried to reply on your comment but I did not get a reply link, hope you check on the video and read this.
Great Job! Very Meticulous work...
Thank you Ariel, and every one else. So far it is still hold up very good, no problems with it.
Hight 82" because of my celling hight, with is 46", and the working out area of the depth is 49" with about 12" extra on the back for weight plate storage. On my next power rack build I will give my self more storage space.
Sure, I made this project a while back, but I can take a picture with some measurements, and upload the picture. I will put a link to the picture in the comments section.
Can you send me the picture with the plans?! It's awesome
Hey where is the picture?
can u tell me the centimeters of the square tubing?
Well, I was looking for one to buy for my self, but the one that I could afford, was too much. So on it's page description, I found the material they used and the steel gage. I went of that, making improvements as I went. If I, and when, because I will, do it again. I am going to make a better one, meaning bigger better, with lots of other options.
Would you mind disclosing the materials you used? Like size tubing and all? Great build by the way.
Hey man.. would love to see how u made the rack pin
Hola Robert ,que calibre y ancho es el Ptr y el tubo para las dominadas y medidas del power rack? Gracias y saludos
Damn, that is nice. Any chance of putting cable attachments for the lats and triceps or the ones on the bottom for seated rows and biceps and whatnot?
+123 456 Thanks, and I do want does features, but I think I rather build a new one. I have a little more experience now and I think I can build a better one.
Robert Garcia Nice. That'd be cool if you uploaded another video of the process.
Thank you, one of this day I have to upload the bench press video that I made. Done after this project, I thought it was going to be simple but turned out to be complicated.
what measures the square tube and its thickness . That separation there enter the vertical tubes that hold the Olympic bar . that you used to drill the holes. I would appreciate your answer thank you very much
Smart man, wife's color, Dad straps it! Nice.
Thank You, thinking of your better half goes a long way to a happy life, (and you get away with more stuff). lol
Thank you, I have being saying it, but I just can't seem to find the time to put together the video for the bench I made. Can not wait to see what all of you think about that one.
muy buen vídeo te felicito.. emm tengo una solicitud cuales son las medidas ? me podrías dar esa información?
how much did the steel cost you to make it? and how much would you value the labor you put into it if you had too
good work man. how come you didn't make some j hooks instead of that 1" bolt? I'd say it was hard going drilling all those holes. I think I'll just drill the ones I think I'll need.
Thank You, and I think i was getting in a hurry to finish it. A one inch bolt and a recycled j hook from my old bench made for a fast j hook build. and for all the holes, well it was boring and long processes, but I did not want to later on look back and say, "I wish I made more holes". :)
"It's better to be looking at them than for them" as they say over here. Good work what was the materials cost out of curiosity?
Lee oMurchu about $300 US
The diameter of the holes? pitch? count? Please :-) Sorry for my bad englisch
How much would you charge for making one? Cause I'm planning to going to my local blacksmith to get one
Thanks Robert
Your Welcome, I hope that I helped in some way, and glad to have done so, if I did.
Sorry about muy english but.. what caliber of the ptr (metal) should ve and what are the size oficina holes And the separation between them ?
hey mate could you tell me the dimensions as im looking to make one due to not being able to afford one
what is your way to mark STEEL SQUARE HOLLOW 2.5x2.5 in. in order to drill holes all along.
Mine, was very simple, I used a sharpie marker (black). They don't last very long though, tip get contaminated and quiets working very fast.
Very nice job.
Thank You
Hey Robert nice video, now I'm thinking of making my own, however, what is the thickness on the metal. I called my local metal shop and they are selling me a 20 foot bar, forgot the thickness, for 80ish. I guess it all depends on the thickness.
Jorge Castillo Sorry, when I bought the metal, I kind of eyed it. I think I went a little bit over. It would be lighter then what it is now. But at leas the sucker won't move now. Its not even encored down, and it does not move, even when I squat and slam the weight down fast.
Jorge Castillo Pretty sure 3mm thickness would do the job just fine. Unless you are a powerlifter and needed a monster rack, then go with 4mm thickness square tube. Aaand I think those are 2" square tubes. You can use 2x3s for a stronger build or a 3x3, 4x4 monster rack like the ones found on Rogue website.
hello friend robert garcia's got good video but not if serious so kind to show a flat or a drawing with exact measurements to produce the power rack and adjustable bench. you would be obliged
I will try, the bench video dough, has a link in the description with all the measurements. I should have done the same to this video too. I will work on it, but my time is short during the day dough. You see, we are in our busy season at work and I am working long hours right now.
Hola amigo acabo de ver el video de cómo hacer un power rack y quería saber el precio.
Para comensar, perdon por mi espanol, pero no se deletrear mui bien, segundo no estoy seguro del prcio esacto. Porque endonde yo compro el fierro para mis progectos, me dan unbuen precio, y tambien trato de agarrar de pedasos que ya estan cortados. Cual, tambien es precio rebajado. Aparte mi error fue que no segui la quenta. Pues esque ice mas de una buelta para comprar el material. Pero si isiera una calculacion, yo diria que como de cien a ciento cincuenta dolares. Mas oh, menos. Aunque estoy pensando en acer otro, porque aora que tengo un poco de mas experiensia, se que lo puedo acer mucho mejor. No que necesite ser mas fuerte, pero si mejor. Perdon que no respondi tu pregunta mejor pero es lo mejor que pudo decir. Ala otra tratare de yebar mejor cuenta de todo lo que gasto y medir todo. Beras esque nunca pense que iba a ver tanto interes en el video, oh elprojecto. Gracias por el interes, y si aces uno, y tienes preguntas tratare de ayudarte con informasion que nesesites. Si puedo responderte correcta mente. De nuevo perdon por la falta de octografia y mi espanol.
Disculpe usted que no le escribo en inglés pero me es muy difícil, su español está bien. En que parte de Estados Unidos vive. Me gustaría hacer unos de eso pero no tengo la herramienta necesaria. Gracias
i want to make one too. what kind of steel did you use/ thickness? and size?
wow the best racks in youtube, what kind of welding method did you use?
Thanks, for commenting, and I just used my small mig welder. I bought it like six years ago, at Lowes. When I bought it, I used it to install the lift kit on a jeep yj. It was an 8 in lift kit that was about 80% welded on. I abused the jeep, trail riding, racing on trails, launched it once or twice, none of the welds broke. And I never went to welding school or was never thought by any one. Learned by experience. :)
where did you get blueprinting or DIY plans with material to make by yourself?
It's mostly 3" x 3" square steel, 11 gauge in thickness. Well I ask for 11 gauge, but they did not have it, so they gave me the closest thing.
Sweet job dude how much was the material? And how much you sell it for ?
Thank you, and they should. Just the other day my friend told me that his weight came down on him while doing bench press, (working out at his house). The adrenaline helped him to overpower the weight away from his throat.
I think I can do that . can i please have different useful measures for the realization. a plan can be useful to me
thank you
aouili aymen I am sorry my friend, but I do not have any plans, I never did. What I had was some pictures of the internet, and some basic sketches putting together the different functions I wanted from different benches, and when I say basic I mean basic. I think you can see it in the video. That is all I had. I used an old bench and my own body to make the measurements. Sorry once again.
What gauge is that steel tubing? Are they 2 x 2s?
What tubing is the steel that you made the rack with?
Hey what were the dimensions of the rack?
Im sure you may build it too guys. Just look for inplix page and build it too.
How much did it cost
Thank You, A.C.P.
2x2 right?
What gauge steel did you use bro? I'm planning on buying a rack but found out it is 14 gauge so Im a bit worried.
+Alex M To be honest with you, I don't know. When I made this I knew what I wanted as far as outside diameter, but not on the gauge. So when I went to get the metal I kind of looked around to what they had and made a decision according to what they had there. If I can borrow a gauge I will get that for you. I will ask around. I have one, but I am not the most organized person and I can't find it.
seems like 11 gauge
how much weight can it take ?
Well, I wish I knew, I have put on it all the weight I own, and it does fine, it doesn't even stress one bit. I don't have much, just a little over five hundred pounds. Right now that is enough for me. Since my shoulder still bothers me a bit, and my knees as well so I am doing high reps and low to medium weight right now. I have started, about a month ago, mixing calisthenics along with my weight lifting to pre warm up my body, it seems to be helping with the pain.
What material you use
.021 wall 2x2 metal tubing, but I regretted it, I wish I would had researched it better and used something bigger, like maybe a 3x3 tubing. I am thinking of making another one.
Thanks bro
Is 2.0mm 2x2 square tube is that ok?
Neat
Hi can i get the dimensions please?
Height 82" because of my selling height, width is 46", and the working out area of the depth is 49" with about 12" extra on the back for weight plate storage. On my next power rack build I will give my self more storage space.
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Hard to say, I bought the material as I needed it. I will say about $250.
You shouldn't paint the pull up bar, you will slip after sweating
Actually, and I know I should had waited longer for the paint to dry properly, but it was sticky. And now the paint is wearing off where I usually grab it from (four points on it, because I very my grip on it when I do pull ups).
more gussets @ base
I thought about it, but after finishing it and before painting it. Two of my friends, (one being about 230bls and the other 250bls), hung from the pull up bar and racked back and forth, and side to side, (they were trying to tip it over), and the thing held very good. Did not even twicked. The side safety bars still went through the holes perfect, well as perfect or not as perfect as it was before. So I decided on no gussets. Now I am not very strong and not as strong as when I was younger but I have put 350bls on it and no problems.
bad ass
thanks
You built it at work with commercial grade tools, i thought its a homemade kind of diy 😁
😆, Well, I never said it was a "home" DIY, but it is a DIY, and it was built for home use, and I wish I had commercial-grade tools, but I don't, (unless that my Lowes bought, Lincoln welder, that almost cost me $400 count as commercial-grade). That and some Harbor freight tools here and there. And I build it at work because I spend most of the day there, (from 7:30 am till around 6:30 pm with an hour and a half lunch in the middle). And I am the boss at work, but I try to work on my projects on downtime. With my own tools, you see in my line of work we do not use the type of tools that are needed to build the kind of things I build.
This time I'll use inplix instructions to make it by myself.
How much in total?