are homemade power rack safe?

pawnstarNate

Today was last day of my gym membership. I acquired about 800 lbs of plates the last few months and am really wanting a power rack in my garage. Found detailed plans for a homemade one online. Are these safe? I mean I can see if I was squatting 200 lbs but, when the weight gets over 300...I think it would make me a little uncomfortable. Power rack would be something similar to this.

dym123

bump, cuz I'm thinking of building one and want to know if others have done it and how well they work.

Roadie2000

The metal things on the back posts are the only things I could see being a problem, but in that picture I can't see them good enough to really judge. You could probably also use a denser wood to build it with, but for the most part it looks pretty structurally stable.

pawnstarNate

^ yeh...I think something else there could be used for the bar support. I guess I could just add a little caution and put extra support where I thought it was needed. I wouldn't want it tipping into the wall of my garage and the spotter pins I think I would use a solid pipe. was reading more in the link below.

Dym....here is the link to the site which has pdf plans. They said the cost would be under $150

http://www.home-gym-bodybuilding.com/homemade-power-rack.html#pdf

richardheath

I looked at some of those plans, then ended up buying one from Craigslist. I just felt safer doing that, and got a good price ($300) on the rack with weights, bar and bench.

You could secure it to the wall or ceiling with some ties to make tipping less likely.