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09-24-2009, 07:20 PM
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Homemade power rack
Hay guise.
My brother is a High School wood shop and metals shop teacher and im planning on having him/his students make me a power rack as a project. Im also thinking about having them make me a flat bench also. Id like to incorporate a high pulley into the rack as well for pulldowns, tricep pressdowns, etc...
Im wondering if anyone has ever successfully made their own squat rack, or have a good plan for this? What size steel should i use? Dimensions? Thickness of the steel?
Im planning on using it for squats and also use it for my pressing movements. Any comments, ideas, and any first hand knowledge would be greatly appreciated.
Dan
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09-24-2009, 08:05 PM
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research around ,
a bunch of us made WOOD POWER racks, others laughed at u s,
but they dont post vidoes .
i like ELITE FITNESS SYSTEMS ( web site ) , but there are dozens .
i made my own "prowler -type " BRUTAL-EYZER .
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09-24-2009, 08:48 PM
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Fair enough your going to let your brother make it for you but i wouldn't trust my life in a rack built by high school kids who are using it as a learning project. My advice would to do lots of testing before actual use (drop a loaded barbell onto the supports multiple times ect.)
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09-24-2009, 11:40 PM
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screw the pulleys and tricep extensions. Check out Rip's starting strength (you can download the e-book) and he gives a picture and dimension for his.
http://www.strengthmill.net/forum/sh...ght=power+rack - additional info.
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09-24-2009, 11:48 PM
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I was just going to mention that the user BRUTUSPLAC makes everything out of wood. Besides him a bunch of people have made wooden power racks out of wood in the workout equipment section.
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09-25-2009, 04:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BRUTUSPLAC
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i made my own "prowler -type " BRUTAL-EYZER .
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out of wood too?
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09-25-2009, 06:00 PM
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Here's my stuff. I build the power rack, dip station, and chinup station all this summer. The power rack has adjustable safety pins and 4 sets of j hooks. I also raised the base off the ground about two inches for attaching bands. If you dont have a place to hold your weights you could just get pallets and take them apart and put them back together so that they fit the weights, thats what I did.
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09-26-2009, 05:52 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by notsostrong
out of wood too?
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YEP . making another type and sopmething esle in a next few days ,
GOOGLE - BRUTAL-EYZER or go to my home page , for the main link
THAT one cost me under $30 . next one will be like $75 when done late next week
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