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That is a sweet deal. Some quality components bolted to that frame too! I paid more than that for my Giant OCR back in about 2002 and it had basement Shimano Sora drivetrain and crap wheels that my...

LOL! Ugly as opposed to what? A beatiful bench press or useless bowflex he says would be OK? Is this going in the living room to accent the fish tank or what?! It' a frigin' peice of workout...

They are about average around here (St. Louis) for new plate prices but they get $0.59 per pound on used plates. Problem is they rarely get used plates in and they go quick. The one by me has...

I'll agree with others that they will not get you in near the shape the guy on TV is. It's not very effective as the ONLY piece of equipment in your gym but as a SUPPLEMENT to a good power rack,...

Guess you COULD do squats in that rack but it doesn't look that safe. The spotter bars don't stick out very far which means if you fall forward you're in trouble It looks made for benching. For...

The rack is sitting on a piece of carpet. The picture is kind of decieving due to the carpet color. That is a good tip for others looking to make a rack though, and the carpet will help compensate...

You certainly can use 4x6, I used the doubled up 2x6s mainly for cost reasons. Plus I don't think Home Depot had 4x6 lumber in stock when I was there.

Hi All,

This is just a quick update to this thread I posted a few weeks back.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=112074531

Barry C. (befatfree) has posted this rack on his home...

Don't forget to include gas money to and from that lovely gym :)

$3K should build and amazing home gym but the basics of building a good physique don't take that much. A good bench, rack and...

I'm not a regular poster here but do lurk alot. This year I decided to trash the gym membership and build a home gym in the basement. A power rack was in order but cash was tight so I built my own....

Adding the kickers at the top won't make a difference in how much weight it will stop, the purpose of those is just to reduce rocking on the frame. I would add them if you intend to add the chining...

[QUOTE=need2eat;248348371]Just have to agree to disagree, you posted the best concept thus far, Ill give you that.

I was mistaken about the pins or hole angle, for the barbell rests. Other than...

That's the first thing they teach us on day one of architecture school...always blame the engineer :)

Well I'll elaborate some on why I built it this way and see if it makes more sense, you've got some good suggestions though.



Where the lag bolts are at it's mainly just tying the two sides...

Damn that is alot of good stuff for the money...gotta love Craigslist. I'm gonna start watching for a deal on an Olympic BB set and adjustable bench. Those are my next must-haves.

I'm an architect but engineer is close enough :) Having a CAD program at your disposal makes projects like this alot easier.

Most of the frame is held together with 3" long heavy duty #14 wood screws. The rear board on the floor to hold the sides together has big lag bolts in it to keep the frame straight. I screwed the...

Well it's definately not for everyone :) I could have cut the price to under $100 by going with the non-wolmanized boards but sifting through the cheap stack to find good boards was futile. I...

No problem. Glad I could help.

LOL, yeah my free weights are embarassing. I'm just getting into this seriously and I'm saving my pennies for an Olympic set. Figured I'd start with the rack as it's going to be the core piece of...