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Rick Deckart · 04-17-2007, 10:29 AM

As it looks I have to work Saturday and Sunday...

So I will start the building plan in this post and continue this on a more or regular basis. The design is from an old eastern german book on weightlifting. Still the only book in german on olympic weightlifting. I modified it to fit my needs, as I need some place to store my plates which are usually lying around in my barn gym and because I thought that lowering the COG would be a good idea. I realized that with a little extra effort this could be used as plyometric box too.

The tools:

power saw
mitre box saw (for solid angle cuts in several planes)
alternatively and what I used a good alround japanese saw (the best handsaws on earth)
Power drill with torx bit so that you don't have to fix all screws by hand (which would be a super workout...)
wood glue (I use this only for the additional support structures)
a tape measure, preferably in mm
adjustable angle, or bevel
a jig, which you have to construct from wood
one or two large clamps
torx screws, preferably M25 5mm x 50mm, although M20 4mm x 50mm should do fine, if you have the money buy self countersink screws, else you will need a countersink too.

The dimension:

base: 500mm x 500mm
top: 400mm x 400mm x 21mm (birch multiplex plywood, the thicker the better)
height: ~1000mm
legs: 53mm x 53mm x 987mm (you can choose the length between 1000--1200mm as you like) the odd length was choosen because the 2000mm beams turned out to be ~1990mm long...
outer frames: made from 93mm x 20mm boards

Material list:

torx screws, preferably M25 5mm x 50mm, although M20 4mm x 50mm should do fine, if you have the money buy self countersink screws, else you will need a countersink too.
wooden beams 53mm x 53mm x 2000mm
wooden boards 93mm x 20mm x 2000mm
two wooden boards, preferably multiplex >21mm thickness, 400mm x 400mm
a scrap wood plate ~500mm x ~500mm to construct a jig.

to be continued...
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04-17-2007, 10:29 AM	#14
Rick Deckart Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 557	The plan As it looks I have to work Saturday and Sunday... So I will start the building plan in this post and continue this on a more or regular basis. The design is from an old eastern german book on weightlifting. Still the only book in german on olympic weightlifting. I modified it to fit my needs, as I need some place to store my plates which are usually lying around in my barn gym and because I thought that lowering the COG would be a good idea. I realized that with a little extra effort this could be used as plyometric box too. The tools: power saw mitre box saw (for solid angle cuts in several planes) alternatively and what I used a good alround japanese saw (the best handsaws on earth) Power drill with torx bit so that you don't have to fix all screws by hand (which would be a super workout...) wood glue (I use this only for the additional support structures) a tape measure, preferably in mm adjustable angle, or bevel a jig, which you have to construct from wood one or two large clamps torx screws, preferably M25 5mm x 50mm, although M20 4mm x 50mm should do fine, if you have the money buy self countersink screws, else you will need a countersink too. The dimension: base: 500mm x 500mm top: 400mm x 400mm x 21mm (birch multiplex plywood, the thicker the better) height: ~1000mm legs: 53mm x 53mm x 987mm (you can choose the length between 1000--1200mm as you like) the odd length was choosen because the 2000mm beams turned out to be ~1990mm long... outer frames: made from 93mm x 20mm boards Material list: torx screws, preferably M25 5mm x 50mm, although M20 4mm x 50mm should do fine, if you have the money buy self countersink screws, else you will need a countersink too. wooden beams 53mm x 53mm x 2000mm wooden boards 93mm x 20mm x 2000mm two wooden boards, preferably multiplex >21mm thickness, 400mm x 400mm a scrap wood plate ~500mm x ~500mm to construct a jig. to be continued... :