I had a 6' bar talked to a friend who has a workshop gave him my drawing and measurements the result was a fantastic Swiss bar, I tried it for bench press, for bar row and shoulder press its great. Here are some pictures:
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Thread: Custom made my Swiss bar
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12-05-2012, 01:17 PM #1
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12-05-2012, 04:00 PM #4
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Did you cut up an existing Olympic bar to make that? The sleeves look a little too professional for the entire thing to be a custom metal job.
It looks nice. I once owned a more traditional Swiss bar (where the grip area is one giant rectangle instead of two) and found it to be cumbersome to use, particularly for overhead pressing work. Having the "cutout" in the center of just a straight piece of bar makes a huge difference and is less awkward to use. Your friend does good work.
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12-06-2012, 01:05 PM #6
Thanks and actually it feels great too, just the way I wanted my swiss bar
The guy is my friend so it was free but he told me it costs around 100 $. Thanks
Yes I had a 6' bar which I wasnt using and did the cutting and provided Ironmaster straight curl bar which also I wast using. I did the swiss bar this way exactly for the reason you mentioned and I did the shoulder press and bar row both are very comfortable. The bar came out the way I imagined it, its well balanced and the distance between grips are the way I liked them to be.
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12-06-2012, 01:47 PM #7
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