Recent content by Justin Bishop

thanks a lot JBA, I'm going to give it a shot :)

Would this work? https://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=12668&step=4&showunits=inches&id=192&top_cat=60

Thanks JBa. So do you recommend the steel rod then, or what? Also I won’t be doing anyone handed pull ups so my load will be distributed a bit and roguefab says 435lbs. I also weigh less than 180lbs. You definitely think the aluminum wouldn’t cut it?

Would it be at all possible to use a strong species of hardwood as a 1.25" dowel?

thanks JBA for your input. When I plug in the numbers for the 62" 6061-T6 Aluminum Tube with 1.25" OD and 0.25" wall thickness at https://www.roguefab.com/tube-calculator/ I get a computed load of about 425lbs. Am I doing something differently? Also, what would you recommend? I'm open to any...

The roguefab site is useful. If I'm understanding right, does this mean the 6061-T6 Aluminum tube I linked to will just barely work at 400lbs?

thanks Anor. It would just be one person at a time. I must be missing something, because it appears both tubes I linked have a wall thickness of 0.25", not 0.011" ?

Hello smart physicists! I'm hoping to run a span of 124" for a pull up bar, with a support in the middle at the 62" point (so 3 supports total). I'm using the Rogue P-5V Pull-Up Bar Brackets (https://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-p-5v-garage-pullup-system). The brackets call for a tube with a...