Author Topic: Any of you ever build a power rack out of wood? (Read 8272 times)

Royalty · « **on:** March 05, 2016, 08:47:32 AM »

These look pretty solid

Donny · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2016, 08:51:15 AM »

never done it but there are some great ideas on youtube on this subject.

Grape Ape · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2016, 08:52:39 AM »

I built squat stands, a pull sled, and a "rogue" plyo box.

Saw all those pics you posted when I was looking for plans. Pretty cool stuff.

Tapeworm · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2016, 09:00:40 AM »

Good excuse to run the tools, although you'd probably profit a whole $10/hr unless you can scrounge the lumber. But if you're gonna do it, do it nice. Mortise & tenon.

These designs posted need plywood gussets.

Coffeed · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2016, 09:52:17 AM »

The one and only time I recommend curling in the squat rack.

Henda · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2016, 10:00:24 AM »

They look ok but much prefer steel, Square 50mm steel box section is just as cheap, stronger, less bulky and looks better, probably easier to put together too, a fucking monkey can use a mig welder and can weld it up in palace so no bolted joints.

Thin Lizzy · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2016, 10:44:02 AM »

Unless you do this type of work, regularly, you're most likely better off taking advantage of Division of Labor and buying it from professional equipment makers.

funk51 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2016, 10:46:17 AM »

funk51 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 05, 2016, 10:48:12 AM »

terry todd's wooden power rack.

Coffeed · « **Reply #9 on:** March 05, 2016, 10:53:30 AM »

Quote from: Thin Lizzy on March 05, 2016, 10:44:02 AM

Unless you do this type of work, regularly, you're most likely better off taking advantage of Division of Labor and buying it from professional equipment makers.

Not to mention this stuff is constantly recycled on craigslist and local sales...

I realize a lot of bodybuilders are poverty kids, but even kids make more than the $3 per hour they will save by putting together a wood weight set...

Why not pour your own concrete weights in plastic buckets while you're at it?

Donny · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2016, 10:58:12 AM »

Quote from: Coffeed on March 05, 2016, 10:53:30 AM

Not to mention this stuff is constantly recycled on craigslist and local sales...

I realize a lot of bodybuilders are poverty kids, but even kids make more than the $3 per hour they will save by putting together a wood weight set...

Why not pour your own concrete weights in plastic buckets while you're at it?

sure nowadays you can get it all cheap but when i was a kid you never had the money. I wrote this before but i used an air pump and taped it so the air came slower out and i pumped it like a "Bullworker"...

Grape Ape · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2016, 11:05:19 AM »

Quote from: Coffeed on March 05, 2016, 10:53:30 AM

Not to mention this stuff is constantly recycled on craigslist and local sales...

I realize a lot of bodybuilders are poverty kids, but even kids make more than the $3 per hour they will save by putting together a wood weight set...

Why not pour your own concrete weights in plastic buckets while you're at it?

I don't get this. Even a used cage on CL is about 250-300 bucks, and decent brands are more.

If you can build something that works for about 100 bucks or less, what's the harm?

_aj_ · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2016, 11:12:55 AM »

Quote from: Coffeed on March 05, 2016, 10:53:30 AM

Not to mention this stuff is constantly recycled on craigslist and local sales...

I realize a lot of bodybuilders are poverty kids, but even kids make more than the $3 per hour they will save by putting together a wood weight set...

Why not pour your own concrete weights in plastic buckets while you're at it?

I LOL'd.

Thin Lizzy · « **Reply #13 on:** March 05, 2016, 11:39:17 AM »

Quote from: Grape Ape on March 05, 2016, 11:05:19 AM

I don't get this. Even a used cage on CL is about 250-300 bucks, and decent brands are more.

If you can build something that works for about 100 bucks or less, what's the harm?

A variation of this?

WOOO · « **Reply #14 on:** March 05, 2016, 11:41:23 AM »

Quote from: Coffeed on March 05, 2016, 09:52:17 AM

The one and only time I recommend curling in the squat rack.

Royalty · « **Reply #15 on:** March 05, 2016, 11:42:45 AM »

Quote from: Thin Lizzy on March 05, 2016, 11:39:17 AM

A variation of this?

Fux tore his quad as he was squatting... don't blame the equipment. Plus Fux didn't bother setting up the safety pins. The safeties would have minimized his injuries.

Thin Lizzy · « **Reply #16 on:** March 05, 2016, 11:53:20 AM »

Anyone watch the show, "Building Alaska"?

It's a reality show about carpenters / builders who build cabins in remote parts of Alaska.

Now, those guys could build a solid wood squat rack.

WOOO · « **Reply #17 on:** March 05, 2016, 11:55:48 AM »

Quote from: Royalty on March 05, 2016, 11:42:45 AM

Fux tore his quad as he was squatting... don't blame the equipment. Plus Fux didn't bother setting up the safety pins. The safeties would have minimized his injuries.

He fuxed himself.

Donny · « **Reply #18 on:** March 05, 2016, 11:59:11 AM »

Quote from: Thin Lizzy on March 05, 2016, 11:53:20 AM

Anyone watch the show, "Building Alaska"?

It's a reality show about carpenters / builders who build cabins in remote parts of Alaska.

Now, those guys could build a solid wood squat rack.

watching a show at the moment about gold diggers in Alaska... a piece of machinery was broken and they welded and got it working again. respect in these conditions. A part for a machine can take weeks.

Beefjake · « **Reply #19 on:** March 05, 2016, 01:36:28 PM »

Quote from: Donny on March 05, 2016, 11:59:11 AM

A part for a machine can take weeks.

Might take longer. They need to wait for a next season of ice road truckers to deliver the part!
History channel universe.
🙂

BB · « **Reply #20 on:** March 05, 2016, 02:10:04 PM »

I don't mind a wooden rack, most of the big lifts of the 50's - mid 60's were probably done in them. Guys like Todd, Anderson, and Peoples. I think most lifters have got a bit too safety nazi and girlish about racks, and all the stuff they hang off of them.

That being said, as mentioned, by the time you gather up all the materials needed, you're probably in the range of a decent used steel one. And if you count in labor, you'd at least be in the range of a new Rogue or budget Elitefts one. What made sense decades ago, just doesn't now for most people. China, Craigslist, and Crossfit killed the wooden rack market.

Donny · « **Reply #21 on:** March 05, 2016, 02:14:10 PM »

Quote from: Beefjake on March 05, 2016, 01:36:28 PM

Might take longer. They need to wait for a next season of ice road truckers to deliver the part!
History channel universe.
🙂

respect to these men

Straw Man · « **Reply #22 on:** March 05, 2016, 02:18:57 PM »

I built a wooden rack in my backyard when I was 15 or 16
It didn't look nearly as good as the ones posted on this thread

Grape Ape · « **Reply #23 on:** March 05, 2016, 02:31:53 PM »

Quote from: BB on March 05, 2016, 02:10:04 PM

That being said, as mentioned, by the time you gather up all the materials needed, you're probably in the range of a decent used steel one. And if you count in labor, you'd at least be in the range of a new Rogue or budget Elitefts one.

Not even close in price to Rogue or Elite FTS

BB · « **Reply #24 on:** March 05, 2016, 02:41:07 PM »

Quote from: Grape Ape on March 05, 2016, 02:31:53 PM

Not even close in price to Rogue or Elite FTS

I think parts and labor on a wooden rack (done right with new materials + misc tools) would be close to the base cost of the very basic Elitefts - http://www.elitefts.com/shop/strength-equipment/power-racks/eliteftstmold-school-3x3-power-rack-no-weight-storage.html or Rogue - http://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-re-3 .