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10-14-2009, 11:31 AM
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Homemade Power Rack?
Somebody once posted pics of a REALLY sweet Power Rack they'd made at home out of 4x4's. I took a couple of looks around though and couldn't find it again, anybody remember?
Reps if anybody can find it. 
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10-14-2009, 11:33 AM
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If i was gonna make one i'd make it out of squar steel tubing and weld it together to end up with something pretty similar to one you would buy but i guess not everybody has the tools to do that.
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10-14-2009, 11:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lac38780
If i was gonna make one i'd make it out of squar steel tubing and weld it together to end up with something pretty similar to one you would buy but i guess not everybody has the tools to do that.
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This is the one that I made:
http://www.home-gym-bodybuilding.com...ower-rack.html
theres .pdf plans there on how to build it.
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10-14-2009, 11:37 AM
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Ideally, sure. But 4x4's are more than strong enough.
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Originally Posted by lac38780
If i was gonna make one i'd make it out of squar steel tubing and weld it together to end up with something pretty similar to one you would buy but i guess not everybody has the tools to do that.
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10-14-2009, 11:38 AM
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http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...x4+wooden+rack
At least one other person has followed this design.
Edit; Just use the strongest stock you can get the safeties, that's the most important bit.
And it was Joshua B or something like that who had one, think he's got a metal one now though.
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Last edited by Essexlad; 10-14-2009 at 11:41 AM.
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10-14-2009, 11:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bushmaster
Somebody once posted pics of a REALLY sweet Power Rack they'd made at home out of 4x4's. I took a couple of looks around though and couldn't find it again, anybody remember?
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Was this it?
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10-14-2009, 11:40 AM
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Damn you Essexlad.....I type too slow 
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10-14-2009, 11:43 AM
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I do believe that was it. Thanks guys!
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10-14-2009, 11:44 AM
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I'm out of ammo - reps on recharge.
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10-14-2009, 11:51 AM
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For people that are interested in wood based lifting equipment. If you go to Youtube and put the name "Carlos DeJesus" in, you can see items that he has built. He used non-treated lumber.
You can also use search words such as homemade power rack. Wooden weight equipment. Wood power rack, etc. to find other homemade pieces. Also, oftentimes you can see similar videos to the right, which will have other wood built pieces. Many of them are with 2" by material, either by itself, or if needing to carry heavier loads, 2 or more 2" pieces put together.
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10-14-2009, 12:36 PM
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THis one will be more stable and stronger than the 4x4 one. It will also be less prone to cracking, splitting an twisting down the road. If you use 4x4's I recommend finding untreated ones, the wolmanized are prone to all of the above.
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10-14-2009, 04:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bushmaster
Ideally, sure. But 4x4's are more than strong enough.
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Yeah, i just like to overdo things for some reason.
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10-14-2009, 06:57 PM
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here
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10-15-2009, 01:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lac38780
Yeah, i just like to overdo things for some reason.
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two 2X4 glued together are stronger than one 4X4, put a piece of plywood between them & its even stronger
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10-15-2009, 08:13 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kursac
two 2X4 glued together are stronger than one 4X4, put a piece of plywood between them & its even stronger
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Plywood?
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10-15-2009, 01:50 PM
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Actually yes, sandwiched plywood would give some nice additional compressive strength.
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10-15-2009, 08:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildtim
Actually yes, sandwiched plywood would give some nice additional compressive strength.
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Indeed, back when I worked carpentry that how we build doorway headers. Incredibly strong!
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