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I'm probably just going to get the 5 lb set. I just kept going to PIAS and Craigslist deals to find all my standard tens. I got a majority of my plates for .50 a lb. I bought some of my handles...

I built a set of prostyle dumbbells, 10-100 in ten lb increments. My plan was/is to get platemates, so I can use the five lb increments. Eventually I'll get them, but for the past 10 months, I've...

Home Depot has a Ryobi jigsaw for around $25/30, a pack of metal cutting blades should be around $8.

Cheap easy way to make a straight cut.

I bought one to cut some pieces in my home gym,...

Awesome setup!

At minimum four 45's. And I really like having 2 barbells.

I also made my own rack. The height for for the mount for bench press will depend on how tall your actual bench is. What I did was just lay on my bench, and held the bar in a comfortable spot for...

I had a couple hundred pounds of 10's, and a lot of 5's in standard pancake plates. I got my handles from Christians fitness factory, purchasing them on amazon for around $30 per pair of handle. ...

I used to use 3 sets of adjustable handles, keeping 1 light, 1 medium, and 1 heavy weight. It worked out pretty well. Recently I built a set of 10-80 in 10lb increments. They are metal, prostyle. ...

Is there a standard length of the knurled handle part of prostyle handles? I recently built a set of dumbbells, and a rack for them. When making the spacing for the rack, I measured a handle and had...

Looks like I'll be taking them back apart. The blue strength should be fine. I will be taking them back apart in a couple months to paint the plates since I've got them in black and grey. Gonna put...

I just put together a set of prostyles, 10-70 in 10lb increments. Been using them for about a week.

Is it common practice to use loctite, or some type of thread locker on them? I don't drop my...

I've got a pair of apex weight trees around my rack. Model number PT45. Both have 255 lbs on them and are perfectly solid, with room for much more weight. At the time I picked them up for around $45...

Looks great! I've always wanted to add/make something like this for my gym. This will help motivate me to get it done!

Yeah multiple handles is a really nice convenience. I have a 14" spin lock pair I hardly use, and two 16" pairs the I use regularly. I keep one 16" at a lower weight for warmups, and one at a...

Looks great! Nice work!

To see if a bar is stainless, or the quality of the stainless, take a magnet to it. The less magnetic, the higher quality of stainless it is.

Ohsofocus said it, you need a friend in a machine shop with a lathe that can do it for you, otherwise it'll be pretty costly. I doubt any drill press someone would have in their home gets to a slow...

Another store I've seen reasonably priced mirrors at is Ikea. I saw large ones, with and without frames.

The closest one to me is 2 hours away and we picked up so much, that I didn't have room...

I have a labor job in manufacturing. My base pay was around 38k, overtime and bonus's got me to 53k in 2011. I've since gotten a raise, and should pull around 60k this year. Working 55-60 hour...

4x4's with a straight, vertical load can support a lot of weight. I wouldn't be worried at all building a solid wood rack. I honestly considered going with wood, but being able to buy metal for so...