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Who ever gave the Hampton beefy bar a "500" rating was not in their right mind! I have one, and its not a very high quality bar. I wrote directly to the factory before purchase and apparently another...

Thank you all for the reps and nice words!
No more stuff out of the shop for a while. Stacking weight on the closet floor was a pain and the Gpr378 j hooks bugged me. I'm really pleased with the...

I'm not sure of the weight, but its a lot heavier than any of my other trees. The pegs are 8" sides -10" middle.

Thank you all for the nice words! :)

Its plain Tig welding. I have a Mig welder too, but hardly ever use it unless the metal is dirty and cant be cleaned or there are huge gaps to fill.

Good Idea! I have a old Universal Dip/VKR that cost me $15 off Craigslist. I have to redo the pads, but its a keeper. There are now bar holders on the back side to hold four small bars vertically.
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A few pictures from my project for the last few days.
I tried to make it as solid as I could by boring 1" holes and welding both sides of the tube. Its got a few more hours of work done since these...

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/earlysb1/Gym/gpr378l.jpg

Marking holes in the UHMW with a white paint pen because some dope got the holes slightly offset from center. It was cut with a saw the razor knife is for deburring the edges. ...

Nice! :)

Second set of hooks done. I didn't get to the UHMW today. Had a some people drop by mid day.
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee288/earlysb1/Gym/gpr378i.jpg

Yes Body solid punches the holes, so it distorts the metal. I used spacers on the jig to make the area just a hair bigger than 3". There are tight spots and slightly looser spots, but they just...

I saw in the other thread where someone paid $45 for UHMW! Eeek!
http://www.drillspot.com/products/446941/Approved_Vendor_1ZAV9_Sheet_Stock for 1/8 ...

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I cant say enough good about them. I bought my first 185 about 2005. After 5 years the thing literally fried itself due to a faulty part. I wrote the company a nasty...

Ah That's not right! I hope he took care of you? So what you need if I remember correctly... is a 2 1/2" square with a 1" pin for a powertec rack? Or is Powertec an odd ball size like 2 3/8"? School...

Its Tig welding. I have a mig - its fast, messy and the welder has less control over the process because its automated. For critical or nice items I like Tig welding. You can see the puddle and only...

I just got out of school for Christmas break and It took me a month and a half or so just to get these done. I'm not done with my stuff yet. Tomorrow is another set of J hooks and a weight rack maybe...

Blurry pictures of the J-hooks on the rack. I used hacksaw blades as spacers on the jig and about a two hacksaw blade thickness is all the slop I have. It fits very well and its all square because...

Its been a while since I built any thing for my gym. I think the last thing was the calf block, at least a year ago.

I had a pretty good excuse though... In between classes I was working on this....

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Found this seller though ebay. There are many pages of stuff to browse through. Look very closely at some of the rusting plates outside! They are the very old...

It sounds like the b-86 will not fit the IM plates any way but just for thought!
Taken from the article below its an interesting read

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