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Ghetto Dumbells

bradsky said:
Shit yer, that is awesome,^^^

best I have done, is 55kg plates and a crap bench, bar, and dumbell handles for a 6 pack. off a friend of a friend,

120kg plates bench barbell dumbell handles and cable attachment, $150 ebay

been hanging out making offers on an all in one gym for a month, someone will crack soon.:D
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Thats my next ghetto equipment mission gonna carve up one of those home gym stations to make a high low pulley station with plate stack. Seen a few for under a hundred but waiting for one thats been stored inside so the cables aren't rusted.

Glad I'm not the only tight fucker out there.
 
Brick said:
Thats my next ghetto equipment mission gonna carve up one of those home gym stations to make a high low pulley station with plate stack. Seen a few for under a hundred but waiting for one thats been stored inside so the cables aren't rusted.

Glad I'm not the only tight fucker out there.
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You know you can replace with stainless steel and swage the cables for a few dozen dollars. Maybe $6/m, a dollar for each swage and they'll usually crimp it for free. Three meters of cable and swages for around $20.

The cable will easily a couple of hundred kilograms.
 
rino60 said:
You know you can replace with stainless steel and swage the cables for a few dozen dollars. Maybe $6/m, a dollar for each swage and they'll usually crimp it for free. Three meters of cable and swages for around $20.

The cable will easily a couple of hundred kilograms.
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Slow down big spender the ones I have had my eye on are 80 - 100 so I think I will get for 80 your talking about investing another 25% of the value of the machine to bring it up to speed, sorta goes against the point of the whole exercise. I can just wait till I come across one the owner has kept inside

Sigh only a real tight arse would understand.
 
Brick said:
Mate I have considered that it shits me to tears when collars get loose, but I might make them up and tack weld the collar on so it doesn't come loose.

I think that's what I will do you always see the handles getting sold cheap secondhand. That way the handle is knurled too. Thanks for the input grippy
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just weld the collars down, that seems to be what markos does.

edit: brick you're a pretty smart guy. as awesome as the bargain is I wouldn't even bother - apart from overhead and bench pressing dumbbells aren't that useful and take up a lot of space. Kinda regret buying my own.
 
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