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Post by TM79 on May 25, 2016 23:56:44 GMT
I love doing dips and have wanted to build a dip station for a long time now. As usual, it has to be cheap, but sturdy. Do you all have any ideas? I plan on doing weighted dips so this station would have to be able to handle probably 300 lbs.
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Post by jaysun on May 26, 2016 18:16:33 GMT
I looked around on the web and while there are various devices and plans out there, the general consensus is that the PVC built ones are ~$75-85. For a few dollars more you could probably get a used one off of Craigslist. One idea was saw horses.
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Post by mwhiteaker on May 26, 2016 21:25:43 GMT
that black galvanized gas piping 1inch thich would work great. I made a sweet puul up rack out of it once
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Post by TM79 on May 27, 2016 0:20:27 GMT
I looked around on the web and while there are various devices and plans out there, the general consensus is that the PVC built ones are ~$75-85. For a few dollars more you could probably get a used one off of Craigslist. One idea was saw horses. Thanks man. Yeah, I thought about PVC in the past but feel like it would be too easy to break if I accidentally bumped into it with a barbell or dropped something on it. Plus I'm not sure how well it would stand up to weighted dips... Right now, I'm thinking about using just 2x4's, rounding them over on top and putting some duct tape on them to keep from getting splinters. I may even hinge them so they fold down form the wall. |
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Post by TM79 on May 27, 2016 0:22:17 GMT
that black galvanized gas piping 1inch thich would work great. I made a sweet puul up rack out of it once Yeah man! I want a bar a little thicker for dips. Probably 1-1/4" to 1-1/2". I think they have that at Lowes in galvanized pipe but it is super expensive. |
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Post by TM79 on May 28, 2016 0:16:29 GMT
Well, I went to Lowes today and probably spent an hour walking around and trying to price stuff for this. At one point, I had some 1-1/4" galvanized pipe ($40) in my cart, but noticed that the floor flanges (to keep the bars from spinning) were $15 a piece! So I would've been in it for $75 plus the price of the wood. At that point I could go to Wal Mart and buy a frickin' Gold's Gym Dip and Pull-up station. I'm pissed. I really wanted to get this done for cheap. I may just build it out of 2x4's...  |
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Post by mwhiteaker on May 30, 2016 18:07:24 GMT
2x4's?  ? Noooooo |
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Post by TM79 on May 31, 2016 0:26:47 GMT
2x4's? ? Noooooo I know what you're thinking. I was going to round over the tops of the boards even more and put some duct tape on them to keep from getting splinters. I don't know. My wife wants a make shift clothes rack in the guest bedroom while our closet is out of commission. The idea popped in my head to just go buy some 2x4"s and two 36"x1-1/2" galvanized pipe with floor flanges. All that would cost me about $80, but hey, she would get her temporary closet and I would get my dip station once it's done.  |
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Post by mwhiteaker on Jun 1, 2016 1:08:24 GMT
2x4's? ? Noooooo I know what you're thinking. I was going to round over the tops of the boards even more and put some duct tape on them to keep from getting splinters. I don't know. My wife wants a make shift clothes rack in the guest bedroom while our closet is out of commission. The idea popped in my head to just go buy some 2x4"s and two 36"x1-1/2" galvanized pipe with floor flanges. All that would cost me about $80, but hey, she would get her temporary closet and I would get my dip station once it's done. Just put two chairs back to back like a man and dip between them! |
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Post by TM79 on Jun 1, 2016 10:04:26 GMT
Ha ha, I do that in the hotel room sometimes, but want somewhere to do weighted dips.
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Post by mwhiteaker on Jun 4, 2016 20:30:57 GMT
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Post by TM79 on Jun 4, 2016 22:52:12 GMT
Ha ha ha. I actually saw that exact picture already and was going to do something similar. I liked how they did the floor flanges backwards because of the threading. That's almost exactly what I'm thinking of building. The galvanized pipes and fittings would cost me almost $70 though. |
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