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DIY pull up bar advice

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  • 20-08-2015 9:56pm
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    IrishLad90
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭


    I am going to build a pull up bar station (rough idea attached)
    Mostly with timber from a local builder provider
    Im coming by a few simple problems with securing the main post so it lasts in my rough plan.
    ANY ADVICE OR ALTERATIONS WELCOME
    OR EVEN A COMPLETE DESIGN CHANGE
    GO RAIBH MAITH AGAT


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    #2
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    You might be trying to attach a file.
    - Click manage attachments to pop out the Manage Attachments window
    - Click Browse
    - Select the file and click Open
    - Scroll to the right in the Manage Attachments window to see the upload button
    - Click the Upload button

    Then your file will be attached to your post. Then you can click post.


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    #3
    IrishLad90
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭IrishLad90


    Im using a tablet and the files wont attach. Heres a description from the top

    A metal bar for pull up
    2 eight foot posts standing vertically
    4 planks at 45 degree angles for support
    2 one foot stumps attached to post and base
    Base constucted in a square or rectangle shape

    Undecided on what is best to attach wood together
    And how to best place the 8 foot post (on top of or inside of base)


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    NeverWaining
    Closed Accounts Posts: 287 ✭✭NeverWaining


    Like this?

    hqdefault.jpg


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    #5
    tacofries
    Registered Users Posts: 854 ✭✭✭tacofries


    why don't you just buy one for your door?? They're less then 30 quid and u can do an awful lot with them!


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    IrishLad90
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭IrishLad90


    I have seen the video for that image, stole the idea to an exact detail. Was hopping for some other opinions before i start.

    Mine will be outdoor, and i got a price for that amount of timber im fairly okay with

    A door or frame bar justcdoesnt suit me

    I found a metal stand alone pull up station online for just over 100

    i want to make my own


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    NeverWaining
    Closed Accounts Posts: 287 ✭✭NeverWaining


    Have you a spot of garden you could bury two posts in?


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    #8
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,030 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    If I was going to build a frame I'd build something like the one in the video.
    But I'd probably go with longer posts and sink them into the ground as its tidier and just as stable, maybe more so.

    But with all options available, I'd just fix a 1500mm bar to the garden walls in a corner


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