Building A Wooden Squat Rack

Take the uprights and measure 7 ft.

Building a wooden squat rack.

You ll be cutting the squat safety bar and the upper support beam. Step by step diy tutorial for squat rack 1. Squat racks and squat cages are a necessary piece of equipment if you want to go heavy. Steel ties 14 of them in the dimension 1 2x2x2 3 4.

While you could purchase one online a homemade squat stand is a fraction of the cost. Steel ties 3 5 8 pieces. 8 pieces of 4 4 wood. Wooden squat rack bring out your power tools and it s time for some woodworking.

It s the best choice if you want to build a gym on a budget. Just add steel brackets along the joints to connect each piece for stability and support. This simple design that uses wood instead of steel tubes and allows you to scale the rack to the designated space you have available. Again this measure is based on the height of our basement.

Now before some of you say omg this will break when i curl 200kg in. In this article we re going to show you the best wooden diy squat racks and share the plans to build them. A pound should be enough. You ll make three separate rectangular frames that will be fitted together after completion.

Yours can be taller. You can usually lift pretty damn heavy with these things too. In the photo above the metal sheets to reinforce the joints aren t on yet this one was built by redditor mr friz and cost approximately 50 us. Drill bit 1 8 inch.

They should be at an angle of 90 degrees. I have a number of clients who found a building plan online and have hand crafted beautiful wooden squat racks that are both functional and safe says bernard. See his thread on reddit here. To start grab a couple of 2x6s then cut two 2x4s.

Here is another homemade wooden squat rack. 8 inches long each. Assemble big planks of wood to create and reinforce a squat rack. If so consider building a squat rack out of wood nails and screws.