Four 4x4 wood blocks that have been cut into 12 inch pieces a 4x4 that measures 37 inches and a piece of plywood that s 3 4 inch.
Build your own adjustable weight bench.
A pair of for cutting the mattress and its cover electric drill tools for drilling.
Jan 20 2015 homemade diy weight lifting bench bbuilding a lifting bench should not be a complicated process because your basic design of any bench is going to consist of a stable leg assembly and a padded level on top.
The project is done using basic hand and power tools.
At a glance the whole bench is really only six separate pieces.
Four 4 4 x 12 inches piece of wood.
A piece of plywood is used as the bench platform and foam padding with a vinyl fabric covering is fitted to the platform.
One three quarter inch thick 12 inches wide and 50 inch in length piece of wood.
The weight capacity on the uprights has so far been tested up to 300 lbs.
If that comes out well then i ll draw up either the incline bench plan or the power cage.
Next i m starting up an idea for a simpler stand alone all purpose flat weight bench so we ll see.
If you ve noticed from the bench plan illustration a simple dado joint was used to join the bench wooden base and.
And you can do it for less than 50.
Cut all wood pieces to the proper lengths please refer to detailed weight bench plan illustration.
You ll never be able to bench press even half a ton so basically what i m telling you is that you can build a bench that will be many times stronger than you need it to be.
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What will you need.
One 7 inches piece of wood.
Use a generous amount of wood glue to all joints.