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| Open Conversation discussion on The ideal power cage/rack, within the General Discussion; Talo and I are building power racks for ourselves. Your input would be appreciated. I figured I'd go ahead and ... |
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09-10-2009, 05:10 PM
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| Rank: Light Heavyweight Experience: > 1 Year  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NC
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Gender:   |  The ideal power cage/rack Talo and I are building power racks for ourselves. Your input would be appreciated. I figured I'd go ahead and start the thread because I know he and I will be bouncing ideas back and forth. And it may give other people some ideas. |
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09-10-2009, 05:19 PM
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| Rank: Light Heavyweight Experience: 5-7 Years  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Alberta , Canada
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Gender: | LOL , fucker , you beat me to it... But yeah any idea's would be great ( from measurments to any extra's that can be welded on to the cage ) . I don't think I will make it any higher than 7 ft . Also I'm wondering if 1 1/2 inch square tubbing would be enough or if a person should go with 2" ? I don't think it will ever see more than 1000 lbs. Dip station and chin up station are a must . |
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09-10-2009, 05:22 PM
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Gender: | I have thought about doing something like this so I could just flip the bench up and use the same rack. I was going to have a cross piece so I could attach a pull up bar. I know you can build handles that hook in the same way the hooks for your bar do. You can build them for dips & they're supposedly pretty stable. I'll have plate holders on all corners of the rack to keep it stable and obviously attachments for bands. http://www.flexcart.com/members/elit...id=114&pid=431 |
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09-10-2009, 05:31 PM
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Gender: | Travis & I have been chatting about building an adjustable bench. On competition benches at powerlifting meets, the benches are covered with a grippy material that feels like suede leather. I would love to have an adjustable bench with the same material. Judging by Elite's prices on mediocre adjustable benches, you could sell the thing for +$1,000. This is basically what I'm looking for: http://www.flexcart.com/members/elit...id=114&pid=893 |
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09-10-2009, 05:33 PM
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Gender: | That is a perfect set up . I noticed they used 2x2 bar. A guy should be able to build that for about $100 ( in parts ) After thinking about it I would rather not put that bench in there and buy a sep one that can go to an incline. Last edited by TALO; 09-10-2009 at 08:13 PM.. |
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09-10-2009, 06:00 PM
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| Seems like if the only thing you need is to settle on dimensions and the spacing you want for the holes |
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09-10-2009, 06:13 PM
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Gender: | I'm going to price out the difference between the two sizes. |
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10-14-2009, 03:37 PM
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Gender:  | What wall thickness? Open top or closed? |
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10-14-2009, 06:41 PM
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Gender: | I think I'll do top closed on mine. I'm going to donate some money for some type of radial arm drill press I think. It will probably be a month or two before I have mine made. Travis has been paying about $300 to have the holes drilled for his racks and yokes at the local steel place. Sucks for him because he can't really make a profit like that. |
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10-15-2009, 10:10 AM
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Gender: | definitely put a neutral grip bar for chinups on the top  |
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