Anyone Interested in Homemade Equipment?

[Mike S]

glute ham raise or reverse hyper!

[fayman]

Been gone for a few days because of Xmas.

About the Cable station....I'll be posting the specs tomorrow once I'm back at work with my CAD system.

Personally, I can't weld or do anything fancy like that. We're carpenters in my family, so I've gotten creative just from working in the family business.

The cable station has a wood base and ceiling mount, with galvanized pipe and (gasp!) plumbing fittings for the main plate mount. I discovered that 2" or 2 1/4" pipe is VERY close to an Oly bar in diameter...and the plates fit great over it.

I'll measure up everything today when I lift.

Mike

[Keith S.]

can we get the specs/instructions of the plate tree and the kettlebells(BigD) too?

[imj345]

Originally Posted by rwmct

I definetly hear you on the bag stand. I have a heavy bag I hung from the floor joist in the basement. Everytime I gave it a hard knee or kick, the whole house shook! Wife made me take it down.

I attached it to the beams in my basement, as well. And, just like you, it shook my house.

So now I am using a bungee cord to attach the bag to the beams. The max strength of the cord was 20lbs, so I looped it around 4-5 times and then closed the "hands" of the cord so that it could hold the weight.

I also duct-taped the swivel/eyelet type doo-hicky in order to stop it from swaying and rubbing as much.

This cut down on the noise/earthquakes A LOT. Now all that you can hear is some clicking.

I can take a picture of it if you dont know what I'm talking about.

[Blackjack]

Bump...what happened to the cable station plans?

[fayman]

They're coming along, man!

My "slow" week at work last week turned into a hell of a busy week, and my 2 partners were on vacation!

I'm about 3/4 of the way done with them....I'll post them when I get a chance!

[Blackjack]

Sorry dude, I understand...I'm just looking forward to them...didn't mean to press. (no pun intended...HA!)

And I didn't want this thread to drop too far!

[gibson57guy]

Hi all, I've usually a lurker here but thought you might be able to use this link for some do it yourself stuff. Hope you can use it..

http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/shenand...odyweight.html


I'm not sure how to insert a link so you may have to copy and paste into your address bar...


Mark V

[Blackjack]

Cool ideas on that website...very inventive...

[gregl515]

I'd be interested in seeing a pullup/dip station?

[Blackjack]

There's a free standing pullup station on that website above that I'm sure dip bars could easily be added to...mainly all 2x4's it appears.

[He-man]

How bout a dumbbell rack. I know pretty easy with some metal or wood, but some of us arent as handy with that stuff and directions would be cool. I have up to 50 lbers so it would have to support all that weight. I could go buy one for 50 bucks, but wouldn't mind constructing one for half the cost.

Thanks!

[Simon C]

Originally Posted by Mike S

glute ham raise or reverse hyper!

Glute Ham Raise? Don't you just need something to hold your feet down? A barbell with enough weight, with the right sized plates should do fine i think.

[Simon C]

Hi,
I'm just another lurker(mostly) haha,

I'de be interested in:

Power Rack/Squat Rack (possible with Plate holders)
Pullup/Dip Station (possible with Plate holders)
Cable Machine using Olympic Plates(possible with plate holders)

Plate holders on them would be useful, aswell as making them more stable. And a cable machine using plates we allready have would be awesome, although you probably allready thought of these things. Just some ideas...

[Keith S.]

I just found plans for a Weight Tree:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick...7594196203448/

Power Rack:

Homemade Power Rack Recently, Plate Loader of the IOL posted pictures of his homemade power cage that was constructed of wood. His was a pretty creative solution that was simple to build and didn't cost a lot - less than $100. (I imagine it could be built for even less with salvaged lumber - Wicked) Here is a picture of the rack and of the dipping bar attachment:


Here's what Plate Loader had to say about its construction:
"I made this one out of wood until I could get a commercial rack. It worked so well I ended up keeping it there. I had 465 lbs. across the supports with no creaks or squeaks. The whole thing set me back about $95-$100. It's 2x6s, black 1" pipe and all 1/2" hardware. The pipe is used for chin bar, dip bars and plate holders etc. The removeable supports attached with big wing nuts. The 2nd photo is a close up of the dip bar attachment. You can see the smaller upper supports for squats or overhead presses. Crude but strong - and CHEAP."

Rings (I'm going to try making these):

Gym Rings

After a recent thread discussing (in part) ring training, Jim C writes, "gym rings can be very easily made from 1" PVC pipe. I heated a couple 26-inch lengths in the oven for 5-minutes at 350 F, then wrapped them around 8-inch diameter iron weight plates (10 pounders). They are cheap and sweet."

http://www.davedraper.com/pmwiki/pmw...EquipmentIdeas

[Alcoholiday]

how do you close the gap in the PVC after you bend it?

[Keith S.]

I was wondering the same...(got it off the site I posted above) I was thinking that if it's melted enough that they may join...If I get a chance this weekend I'm going to try to make a pair.

[bigDman]

Originally Posted by Keith S.

can we get the specs/instructions of the plate tree and the kettlebells(BigD) too?

you get a cheap tricep bar ( found one for around 10 dollars)
one such as
http://www.amazon.com/Weight-Bar-Sta.../dp/B000A6T9QK
(im sure you can find a cheaper one)

Then you cut right above the handle on both sides and you have your self adjustable kettleballs