Sup Jow Forums, what do you think of my mockup of my home gym I hope to build that I made with K'nex?
I think using pulleys "backwards" is a good idea, because it lets me double the weight without having to buy twice as many.
I still have to add to it for other exercises than just a pull down bar of course.
good work user. How's the job search going?
are you planning on building this yourself? if so, just keep it simple and make a nice sturdy powercage and Craigslist shop for some decent weights.
with all the money you spend on pulleys and bearings and fancy stuff like that you could just buy more weights
Was thinking of throwing the cage together with "kee klamps" and some steel pipe.
You reckon the pulleys would cost that much? amazon.com
People come to me, I don't search. That said, got offered a job on Friday and will probably accept if the money's good.
And the contract reads well. FUCK not being remote.
Nice model. Can you build a bench with a tiny person so we can see it in use?
Sure, gimme a few minutes.
I've run out of those small wheels, so it's gonna be a fuckin' bodge with regards to the additional pulleys.
Nice, looks good user
Person on the way, here's the bench with a bar hooked up.
That looks really cool. How much would this whole thing run you ya think?
Matthias Wandel posting is pretty nice.
I put a sock on the bench to make the little man easier to see - he kind of got lost in the rest of the K'nex without it. I probably wouldn't cover the actual bench with socks.
I'm not sure on the price of the pipes to actually build it with, but the clamps would be somewhere around $80 I think, pipe might cost that much again, then some cables, pulleys, and weights. PROBABLY cheaper than buying an actual real one, but I place some value on making it myself. That'll be fun.
I am wondering where the line between playing one's autism as a joke and one being a joke is.
kekked at the lil knex dick
DON'T LOOK AT THAT.
I didn't have time to make him shorts.
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Remember, buy used weights at max 20c/lb, 10c/lb if you can haggle
Was looking at used stuff but it's pretty thin on the ground in my shithole country. Or I don't know how to look properly.
From what I understand, I'm after a "weight stack" (or two). I was considering making them out of bricks, 'cause you can get those with 3 holes in them and they're reasonably heavy, but they're quite tall and about half(?) the density of iron, so it'd be shit.
Where should I look?
Soon. Eating. Going to try to nake one of those leg things next.
That looks really dangerous. I assume you have no spotter and this prevents not only the roll of same but tilting the bar too.
You might be able to make a modification to the bar or the hooks to make it possible to abort and you should REALLY try to figure it out first before buying and test it before attempting big lifts
I wouldn't use bricks. I'd imagine the would wear pretty fast, leaving dust everywhere
>I assume you have no spotter
Rude. I'd be asking my housemate at least the first few times.
Also notice the "weights" are at rest with the bar on the bench. I'd have the tolerances a bit looser on the real thing so the bar would be at rest on the bench+my chest.
Thank you for being concerned for my safety though.
Good point, I hadn't thought of that.
Yeah for sure I'm not having two stacks in the final design, trying to make this chair is a pain in the proverbial.
You can do molded concrete blocks, assuming they're dry enough they shouldn't crack and leave dust everywhere (brick is made to be breakable for masonry purposes). This is the way some people make Atlas stones.
Second thoughts it's not so bad. I just need to be smarter about how I wire up the top bar.
Certainly a possibility. I looked at concrete bricks, because the density is higher than clay bricks, but not nearly what iron is. Lookin' at 2.4t/m^3 for concrete, and nearly 8t/m^3 for iron.
Cheaper though I think.
Here's me not actuating the chair. You can see how horrifying the "design" is now.
And here's more closety on the dingus that turns one cable into two. As I was saying I need to be smarter about this - I think I'd have this dingus up at the top of the bar, then attach the accessories to and detatch them from that. Then I'd only need to make one part balance out the two stacks.
That said, there's plenty of bullshit I've had to think of because I chose to use two stacks. There's probably a reason all the ones I see have only one.
No no, HERE'S more closety on the dingus.
Dingus here forgot to put the image in the hole.
dang. you're good dude
I put those gubbins on that you do those exercises that make you really good at cuddles.
I haven't figured out how to wire it up yet K'nex-wise, so they just flap in the breeze, but they sure do look pretty, and the idea's there.
I had to add some extra support to the chair's feet to stop it toppling over now it's so top-heavy.
Here's a sneaky look at the way the top gubbins are attached and secured at the rear. I just rotated the chair around for photographic purposes. I couldn't be bothered to rotate the whole setup.
(Also if anyone could let me know what these parts of the machine are called and what these exercises are called, I'd sure appreciate it).
This thread has it's fair share of autism in it but still the idea is fantastic. I'll steal it and make a fortune of it.
Machine (pec) fly?
This is the best thread I've ever seen on Jow Forums. I'm impressed as fuck. If you need some small parts machined to make this build happen, I'll send them to you. Just post your drawing in the /emt/ thread on /diy/.
Got the machine flies(?) wired up - used some 3D halves to guide the strings round the corner, and just tied the strings as tight as I can around the wheels to keep them rotating in step. Here's a view from the front, including my clean underwear in the background.
Nah nothin' like that dude, I'm a stupid fuck. When this thing inevitably collapses in on itself and kills me I don't want you to feel guilty.
Best thread on Jow Forums.
Holy mother of autism.
And here's a view from the back which I was forced to stand up and move to take. I also had to turn on the flash to make out the deets, so the rest of my room looks very dark.
It's much clearer in this shot that I've removed the pull down bar and attached these wires directly to the stacks.
You can also kinda see I shoved some little black rods into the 3D halves to pretension the wires, because the weight of the pulley system on the stack side is more than the equipment can overcome by its weight alone, which wouldn't be a problem for the real life version.
Ok now what do I build for it next? My knowledge of exercise machines has essentially run out.
calisthenics > home gym
Leg press. Hack squat machine.
I don't think I understand these machines. Can't you achieve the same exercises with just the weighted bar I posted here?
Mr. Pussy Cat came to investigate, and of course fight with every string.
I caught a photo of him being exceedingly regal.
I'm still not quite sure I understand the benefit of those over just pushing the bar up with your feet, but I did my best.
I replaced the demonstration man's legs out for ones with knees, but he lost his penis, so is that a downgrade? An upgrade? It wasn't a very big penis.
And here's a shot from the back showing the wiring more clearly, along with the demonstration man's legs "extended". I think I've built the bench for a smaller man.
He looks like he's about to give the Final Solution
The young couple who hit me with their car said a similar thing.
Huh?
I horrifically misjudged my accelerating ability when emerging onto a roundabout while on my bicycle, and was sent flying 8 feet to the left by a car who had every right of way.
As it was my fault I paid their damages, which they collected from my house, whilst telling me my cat looked like Hitler.
Which he doesn't. Hitler didn't have a goatee, nor was he a cat.
but he does look like hitler
why arent you going with the basic squat rack, bench and maybe lat/row attachment?
See
I'm a fuckin' stupid idiot.