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Thread: My recent builds
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04-29-2020, 06:39 AM #3631
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04-29-2020, 07:01 AM #3632
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04-29-2020, 07:26 AM #3633
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04-29-2020, 07:56 AM #3634
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04-29-2020, 08:39 AM #3635
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04-29-2020, 01:09 PM #3636
- Join Date: Dec 2010
- Location: Virginia, United States
- Age: 63
- Posts: 13,034
- Rep Power: 63386
You need a good rack, a bench, and a 300-lb Olympic weight set. Now, what was your question?
My home gym: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=652376&p=1465291461&viewfull=1#post1465291461.
()---() York Barbell Club #1 (DD, RH, Kg) ()---() []---[] Equipment Crew #36 []---[] []---[] Ivanko Barbell Crew #51 []---[] [M]===[6] Mech6 Crew #29 [M]===[6] ~~ 4 Horsemen ~~
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05-17-2020, 08:20 PM #3637
This is just a posting that if some body else who has Mech Mono's makes the same mistake then here is the solution.
Mech gives you 2 holes for the stopper bolt. When I got mine the stopper bolt was on the first hole. So few months ago I decided to move the stopper belt to second hole so that I have little more room during the concentric portion of the squat. Got hurt and did not SQ for few months.
Now started to work out couple of weeks ago and today I noticed that one of the swing arms is not retracting after the lift off .
We were using J cups as weight for SQ till today
Here is the pic even without any eight it looks like the swing Arm is stuck
Now after couple of e-mail exchanges with Mech , I realized that I over tighten the stopper bolt.
Small bolt in the pic
So played little bit with the stopper bolt and the pivot bolt ( bigger bolt) on the above pic by loosening and tighting like 1/8 each time, now this arm swings just like the other one stops gently at the rubber stopper. I tried with empty bar.
So sometimes perfection has it's own downside lol.. Unlike other equipment, Mech's stuff is engineered and built with precision.
Not sure how to upload a video but I took video of the arm retracting back after initial fix.[M]===[6]▪ Mech6 Crew #35 ▪[M]===[6]
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06-07-2020, 01:27 PM #3638
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10-23-2020, 02:21 PM #3639
As i got rid of my Jammer arms i need to install Mech's Belt SQ . After going through couple of options i have decided to install the post directly on the concrete. The small holes take 1/4" tapcons and large one 1/2". Planning to use 4 , 1/14' diameter ones.
For folks who installed the post directly to the concrete , what length tapcons did you use ?
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10-26-2020, 05:54 AM #3640
- Join Date: Apr 2007
- Location: Pennsylvania, United States
- Age: 50
- Posts: 2,543
- Rep Power: 12954
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Haven't been able to "rep" many of you for a year or more...not for lack of trying.
Home Gym: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=175136471&p=1615740991&viewfull=1#post1615740991
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10-26-2020, 07:53 AM #3641
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10-26-2020, 08:14 AM #3642
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10-26-2020, 08:49 AM #3643
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10-26-2020, 09:49 AM #3644
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10-26-2020, 12:36 PM #3645
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10-29-2020, 12:17 PM #3646
- Join Date: Apr 2007
- Location: Pennsylvania, United States
- Age: 50
- Posts: 2,543
- Rep Power: 12954
▪█─────█▪ Rogue Barbell Crew #27 ▪█─────█▪
▪█─────█▪ Mech6 Crew #26 ▪█─────█▪
▪█─────█▪ Equipment Crew #83 ▪█─────█▪
Haven't been able to "rep" many of you for a year or more...not for lack of trying.
Home Gym: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=175136471&p=1615740991&viewfull=1#post1615740991
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10-29-2020, 07:31 PM #3647
I think lifting web straps would probably work. Like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SQJRBQT...ing=UTF8&psc=1
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10-30-2020, 09:52 AM #3648
- Join Date: Apr 2007
- Location: Pennsylvania, United States
- Age: 50
- Posts: 2,543
- Rep Power: 12954
Material and design for sure but they need to be a specific length. I have a 43" safety length so that's absolute straight line minimum and then a few inches for adjustability. These are either 3.3' and next is 6.6' I think. Someone had a source a while back but I forgot to bookmark or lost the link.
▪█─────█▪ Rogue Barbell Crew #27 ▪█─────█▪
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▪█─────█▪ Equipment Crew #83 ▪█─────█▪
Haven't been able to "rep" many of you for a year or more...not for lack of trying.
Home Gym: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=175136471&p=1615740991&viewfull=1#post1615740991
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10-30-2020, 01:25 PM #3649
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01-29-2021, 05:00 PM #3650
This looks familiar
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKpjRpVAHBr/
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01-29-2021, 07:04 PM #3651
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01-29-2021, 07:10 PM #3652
No, they went off my CADs. I send them off to a member here a while back because:
1. he's bought quite a bit off me years ago
2. he's in Europe and not N.America or China
3. I never had a goal of making any more
4. He told me exactly what he wanted to do and this was probably a huge pain for him to get it done by someone else
I'm actually glad because it proves someone was capable of using my CADs and having it come out correctly. Now if rogue or rep want to send me a pallet of product, I'd part with the plans again
The pulldown, front upright and thigh pads they must of pulled off my photos (build photos are in this thread) because those were not in the CADs. In fact I just completed the pulldown correctly a few weeks ago (being just one cable, not an extra one hooked to arms like back in 2018).Last edited by Mech6; 01-29-2021 at 07:18 PM.
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01-29-2021, 07:20 PM #3653
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01-30-2021, 02:08 AM #3654
- Join Date: Feb 2011
- Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Age: 39
- Posts: 924
- Rep Power: 7512
Cool to see that more people will be able to use this fantastic functional trainer, mine is my favorite piece in my whole gym! This pulldown is sick! It is sad i have a low ceiling, i would love to have this option as well. Nice work and heads up for sharing your design with others!
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My own home gym evolution thread with pics of my gym
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=174506581&p=1514272741&posted=1#post1514272741
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01-30-2021, 06:28 AM #3655
So the member emailed me and turns out I was wrong. He never had time to send out the CADs and it seems the italian company just copied it from what they found on this forum. So yes, seems someone is lurking. And it kind of leaves a bitter taste about the whole thing, but again, in Europe, so it's not something I'm going to see around here.
As I told the member, they blow the chinese clone artists out of the water because they're working off photos only.Last edited by Mech6; 01-30-2021 at 06:40 AM.
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01-30-2021, 07:19 AM #3656
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01-30-2021, 07:30 AM #3657
Only thing I'd say is the pulldown sides are too far apart on their version. I have them much closer but it did require me to use an additional 2 pulleys on each side to get the cable to route properly. And ideally the outputs would swivel like the output on the PRIME single stack pulldown. Which is what I copied (PRIME functional trainer) for my arm output swivel design.
Also, talk to rogue. I'll trade plans for fatbells .▪█──█▪ Equipment Crew #61 ▪█──█▪
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01-30-2021, 07:42 AM #3658
- Join Date: Aug 2008
- Location: Ohio, United States
- Age: 41
- Posts: 7,278
- Rep Power: 39183
Well I'll say that I've never really been interested in buying a functional trainer, but I'd definitely consider one that doubled as a lat pulldown machine with the leg holds. Could see this as a great option for the home gym enthusiast or small personal training studio gym.
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01-30-2021, 07:50 AM #3659
It would need large stacks because most FTs won't have enough weight. Even Alex's and mine "only" have 250 lbs on each stack which is fine for a FT (125 lbs felt per arm) but it means I can only do pulldowns up to 250 lbs (still 2:1 ratio using both stacks). Which is ok for me (I never do them, bad shoulders) but wouldn't be enough if it had a low row for example. Which is why I didn't bother with lower pulleys on this and do my rows on another stack. So, anyways, not sure a 250 lbs max pulldown option is very commercially viable. Should raise them to 300 lbs, then it's fine and competes with other pulldowns.
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01-30-2021, 08:19 AM #3660
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