Wooden Power Rack

[AwestaKhalid]

That looks really good.. But you may as well have added a pull up bar!

[tubenoidi]

I made my rack of steel without welding, I used screws! )))) Надо было просто немножко подумать

[mrmrlee]

@zimmerman yeah if holds the camera at the top of his skull, now who does that? If its at eye level which makes sense, he's maybe 5'8 or 9

[mad1966dog]

fucking cool man

[danielwormald]

that is really gud !

[ahyahyahy]

this cant be safe lol.... i remember the rack i had supported 600lbs and it was SOLID, rock solid out of heavy duty welds of chromoly.... yeah this freaks me out :D

[bostamerda123456789]

very good.

I'm from Brazil and made a similar power rack. But I used mountain climbing pulleys. And I made a low pulley. It's pretty good.

I also did a plate holder.So it is quite longer than a normal rack power.

[frazetta70]

Nice job. Oak would have been the strongest wood, but cost prohibitive. I agree with coach: if you want to reinforce it, get a sheet of 4x8 ac plywood 3/4 of an inch thick and surround your pt lumber with it. But what you have now should last a long time.

[urloony]

Great rack. I'm thinking of building one myself. Since you used pressure treated wood, you should probably paint it. Treated wood contains cyanide, maybe even more than in protein drinks!

[nokia3210fuck]

most people don't know that wood is much stronger than steel

[JonathanBloggs]

@nokia3210fuck Wood is not stronger than steel you dumb fuck

[nokia3210fuck]

@JonathanBloggs

That's a popular fallacy.

[JonathanBloggs]

@nokia3210fuck You're probably trolling, if so touché. But if you're not, then please explain to me exactly how you think wood is stronger than steel.

I think you might be trying to compare a much thicker piece of wood to a thin piece of steel.

[nokia3210fuck]

@JonathanBloggs

I compare them by weight, not by thikness

[vjohn82]

@JonathanBloggs And it never needs to be. No-one lifts 2000lb ;)

[coachmultisport]

Nice job! If you think about how much weight wooden support beams bear in housing construction, a few hundred pounds in a well-built squat rack shouldn't be an issue. My only recommendation (for your next rack ;) ) would be to use an engineered lumber, or screw and glue 2x4's together, or even plywood to make the 4x4 support. That way, when you do drop the weight, the chance of splitting the beam is minimized.

Building stuff on your own has it's own reward. Great job.

[ZimmermanTelegram]

Nice construction though, 4/5

[ZimmermanTelegram]

So the cage is six feet tall, and looking at the camera height, that makes you 5'4''

[youpussy9]

Pressure treated?

[ScottishStone]

Very nice!

[RawIronMan]

You did a really nice job on this Power rack. 5/5

[mazurek45]

The monolift squat rack that I built is in the vid responce if you wanted to check it out. It works sweet!

[lgerard11]

Awesome build dude. That wood look very solid. How much weight do you think your baby can hold? 300lbs, 500lbs? Did you calculate the dimensions by yourself or copy them from a commercial rack?

[punchface111]

Wow dude thats cool. Saved some money for sure.

[mazurek45]

whats the spacing with the holes? Why didnt you build this out of steel btw? dont have a welder? I am ganna be building a monolift squat rack this spring. I'll post a vid of it when I am done. Be sure to check it out if you want!

[StronzaEel]

the spacing is 3in on center. I would have built it out of steel if i could weld. If you are building it out of steel, I'm sure you could put the holes closer together.