You should show / inform people that barbellea and plates are readily available at your local home improvement store. I use 3/4" black steel pipe for DBs and pullup bar (would use a longer one as a BB if I needed to); 3/4" Galvanized Split Ring Hangers as clamps; and making concrete plates. I have enough weights for most exercises but not for my deadlift and squat, so I made some out of concrete. Sound weird but most of those plastic weights from the past are filled with concrete. There are a number of videos on how to, and it is very easy. I made two 45s and plan on making a couple more today for my DB bench. You're body doesn't know if its lifting 100 lbs of feathers or 100 lbs of iron. If you have any questions I can try to answer. www.calculator.net/concrete-calculator.html I first went to this site to see options for different diameters and depths for a 45 plate, but you can use it to find any size plate you want to make. I got a 16" concrete form tube, 2 bags 50lbs fast setting concrete, 2 steel rods 1/4"x48". First I cut two 3" slices off the form tube, and the rods into 8x12" pieces. Then lay a trash bag flat and center the mold on it. Cut a 3" piece of pvc that fits my bar and set in middle with tape across the mold to kind of hold in place. Then mixed a 50 lbs bag of fast setting concrete and filled the first mold about half way then laid 4 rods in a square pattern and then filled rest and discarded what wouldn't fit. Repeat mix and fill for 2nd mold. Cover each with another trash bag and let it set and cure. I did mine yesterday and they are strong enough 24 hrs after to be moved around. Weighed them on a scale and they each came out to 47 lbs (which is what that website predicted). Close enough for me. I would leave the cardboard mould tube on as part of the weight. I spent $35 dollars for the stuff above. The tube will give me more moulds, so the only cost going forward would be for the bags of concrete and rods. The one I am making currently will be 12" diameter and I did that by cutting a slices of 16" form tube then cut off 12" and used cheap small screws to reconnect the ends. Also I wrapped the first set of plates in tape to prevent dust and bits falling off. So far they work great. This is very easy to do. Some additional expenses would be buckets and trowels for mixing, but that shouldn't be much. And each subsequent plate you make, the cost per plate decreases.
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If u put the mirror .it will be more prefect...
Thanks for the build dude make something similar for now till my rouge rack comes in.
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What drill did u use for the diy racks.?!
You should show / inform people that barbellea and plates are readily available at your local home improvement store. I use 3/4" black steel pipe for DBs and pullup bar (would use a longer one as a BB if I needed to); 3/4" Galvanized Split Ring Hangers as clamps; and making concrete plates.
I have enough weights for most exercises but not for my deadlift and squat, so I made some out of concrete. Sound weird but most of those plastic weights from the past are filled with concrete. There are a number of videos on how to, and it is very easy. I made two 45s and plan on making a couple more today for my DB bench. You're body doesn't know if its lifting 100 lbs of feathers or 100 lbs of iron. If you have any questions I can try to answer.
www.calculator.net/concrete-calculator.html
I first went to this site to see options for different diameters and depths for a 45 plate, but you can use it to find any size plate you want to make.
I got a 16" concrete form tube, 2 bags 50lbs fast setting concrete, 2 steel rods 1/4"x48". First I cut two 3" slices off the form tube, and the rods into 8x12" pieces. Then lay a trash bag flat and center the mold on it. Cut a 3" piece of pvc that fits my bar and set in middle with tape across the mold to kind of hold in place. Then mixed a 50 lbs bag of fast setting concrete and filled the first mold about half way then laid 4 rods in a square pattern and then filled rest and discarded what wouldn't fit. Repeat mix and fill for 2nd mold. Cover each with another trash bag and let it set and cure. I did mine yesterday and they are strong enough 24 hrs after to be moved around. Weighed them on a scale and they each came out to 47 lbs (which is what that website predicted). Close enough for me. I would leave the cardboard mould tube on as part of the weight.
I spent $35 dollars for the stuff above. The tube will give me more moulds, so the only cost going forward would be for the bags of concrete and rods. The one I am making currently will be 12" diameter and I did that by cutting a slices of 16" form tube then cut off 12" and used cheap small screws to reconnect the ends. Also I wrapped the first set of plates in tape to prevent dust and bits falling off. So far they work great.
This is very easy to do. Some additional expenses would be buckets and trowels for mixing, but that shouldn't be much. And each subsequent plate you make, the cost per plate decreases.
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