Anyone have blueprints to make equipment

[kc2006]

Does anyone have blueprints to make cable machines? I don't have any money to buy a machine, not old enough to join a gym.

[ctgblue]

The truth is that you will probably wind up spending more trying to build a machine that will probably break (itself and your neck) than you would spend doing some lucrative shopping at garage sales and flea markets to find a good set of free weights and a decent bench. Decent pulleys aren't cheap and aircraft quality cable isn't either.
Hundreds of thousands of people buy these each year, they sit in the garage for a few months/years gathering dust and then go to the yard sale for pennies on the dollar.
If you are in your early/mid teens, which your statement implies, try to find a decent used bench with wide enough supports, a lat pulldown, and leg extension. You should be able to find one for around $25 or so. Weights can be had real cheap especially if there is some rust. Rust, who cares, they lift the same.
Get a good basic setup, work on the basic compound movements to build overall strength, don't forget the stretching, and this will get you on a much better start than 'cable machines' ever will.
Good luck and keep at it.

[crowie]

i have had some stuff made.
my dad is an engineer and we just went to a shop and looked at the equipment and got a basic idea then we designed it ourselves.
we have a squat rack, standing calf machine, lat pull down and cable rows they all cost about 200-300 australian dollars.
Thats like piss money to you americans

[Peking Goose]

hey to second your request. i would also be interested if anyone knows how to locate some cad files or blueprints or anything.
Safety isnt an issue to me seeing as i'm a professional drafter and can adjust or look over designs, and all the engineers at my work have happily agreed to give it an engineering cert. to make sure it is stable and safe for use. just can't locate and plans is all.
i've measured up and drawn some equipment but to be honest its time consuming, alot easier if there are ready to go plans out there somewhere...

[Peking Goose]

hey to second your request. i would also be interested if anyone knows how to locate some cad files or blueprints or anything.
Safety isnt an issue to me seeing as i'm a professional drafter and can adjust or look over designs, and all the engineers at my work have happily agreed to give it an engineering cert. to make sure it is stable and safe for use. just can't locate and plans is all.
i've measured up and drawn some equipment but to be honest its time consuming, alot easier if there are ready to go plans out there somewhere...

[Keetman]

hey to second your request. i would also be interested if anyone knows how to locate some cad files or blueprints or anything.
Safety isnt an issue to me seeing as i'm a professional drafter and can adjust or look over designs, and all the engineers at my work have happily agreed to give it an engineering cert. to make sure it is stable and safe for use. just can't locate and plans is all.
i've measured up and drawn some equipment but to be honest its time consuming, alot easier if there are ready to go plans out there somewhere...


hey to second your request. i would also be interested if anyone knows how to locate some cad files or blueprints or anything.
Safety isnt an issue to me seeing as i'm a professional drafter and can adjust or look over designs, and all the engineers at my work have happily agreed to give it an engineering cert. to make sure it is stable and safe for use. just can't locate and plans is all.
i've measured up and drawn some equipment but to be honest its time consuming, alot easier if there are ready to go plans out there somewhere...






Huh? Why the double post? They're a half hour apart so I know it wasn't an accident.


LOL, you were 14 when this thread was made!

You drug up a post 7 years old to ask for plans to a cable machine?

Its pulleys, its steel, and a seat. If you have some experience with drafting and plans you should be able to look at a few pics online and figure something out. The design of a lat pulldown is really simple bro, or are you talking about a crossover?

Crossover would be tougher, but still doable. I still think it would be simpler to buy as CTGblue suggests. Of course your market in Australia is probably not as flooded with coat hangers as ours, you should still be able to find something.

[yankeemarko1]

I think I was in high school when this thread was started.

OK, maybe not.

[boxertim]

The truth is that you will probably wind up spending more trying to build a machine that will probably break (itself and your neck) than you would spend doing some lucrative shopping at garage sales and flea markets to find a good set of free weights and a decent bench. Decent pulleys aren't cheap and aircraft quality cable isn't either.
Hundreds of thousands of people buy these each year, they sit in the garage for a few months/years gathering dust and then go to the yard sale for pennies on the dollar.
If you are in your early/mid teens, which your statement implies, try to find a decent used bench with wide enough supports, a lat pulldown, and leg extension. You should be able to find one for around $25 or so. Weights can be had real cheap especially if there is some rust. Rust, who cares, they lift the same.
Get a good basic setup, work on the basic compound movements to build overall strength, don't forget the stretching, and this will get you on a much better start than 'cable machines' ever will.
Good luck and keep at it.

7 years and the advice is a good as the day it was typed.....!!!!

[MastodonFitness]

I have a great website that has equipment blueprints. Go to google and search for fitness equipment blueprints or Mastodon Fitness for professionally drafted prints. If you are a welder or professional draftsman, or even if your not, these are for you. These prints have been used to build equipment for home use in addition to being in professional gyms. You won't be sorry. Thanks.

[racertomtom]

I have a great website that has equipment blueprints. Go to google and search for fitness equipment blueprints or Mastodon Fitness for professionally drafted prints. If you are a welder or professional draftsman, or even if your not, these are for you. These prints have been used to build equipment for home use in addition to being in professional gyms. You won't be sorry. Thanks.

A bit pricy IMO. You think a welder or professional draftsman would need these?

[Wildtim]

A bit pricy IMO. You think a welder or professional draftsman would need these?

I'd agree it would be worth it at a tenth the price.

[MastodonFitness]

I'd agree it would be worth it at a tenth the price.

Hey, I appreciate all of your input. But think about it. Would you put ANYTHING together without a plan? These are full 34" x 22" blueprints that show the exact measurements, parts list, and written instructions for building. They have been used to build equipment for professional gyms, company gyms and home gyms. The E-Book holds 10 of the prints (all that are shown individually) that when bought in the book, comes to less than $6/print. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to workout on anything that was put together by guessing. That's the value of the print. Thanks again.

[Wildtim]

Yes but were I a skilled metal worker i could easily draw my own print from and example, like the one at my local gym.

I being a carpenter rather than a metal worker can only do this with thinks like wooden furniture, and small buildings. That how I made the plans for my bard and a neighbors shed, I know various tolerances and proper structural codes, so when I see something I like I just draw it up and build it. Its a matter of enough real world experience to do the job in in journeyman-like fashion and a tad of drafting skill picked up from reading a bunch of prints.

[MastodonFitness]

Yes but were I a skilled metal worker i could easily draw my own print from and example, like the one at my local gym.

I being a carpenter rather than a metal worker can only do this with thinks like wooden furniture, and small buildings. That how I made the plans for my bard and a neighbors shed, I know various tolerances and proper structural codes, so when I see something I like I just draw it up and build it. Its a matter of enough real world experience to do the job in in journeyman-like fashion and a tad of drafting skill picked up from reading a bunch of prints.

These blueprints are designed to give an average joe the opportunity their own home gym with ease of step-by-step instructions and exploded view drawings. Not to mention as the site grows, the added value of understanding where to get all the materials like popper pins, telescope tubing, etc. Eventually there will also be on-line videos showing equipment being fabricated with some of the methods that we use to build top quality equipment. I'm glad you're ahead of the curve and can build your own equipment. We wish you luck and thanks for visiting our site.

[Wildtim]

Most materials and fasteners can be had from here:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#


Any spcific parts are here:

http://www.fitnessrepairparts.com/index.php