How do you make your own bar?

[Donkey Kong]

I was just wandering how you could make your own bar to go along with a metal pad. (home made too)

[videoCWK]

Build a base for the pad and then bolt a bar made of strong, plastic pipe onto it. But don't forget to give the bar some support on the back, or it will suck.
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[Donkey Kong]

how would you give it the support on the back?

[videoCWK]

More pipes would come out the back of the bar that would then go out a little bit and then down where they'd be bolted into the base. There's pictures somewhere.
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[ChilliumBromide]

If you have welding skills, use steel or titanium.
SO much better.
And weld the support bars at a 45 degree angle to get a right isoceles triangle; that'll increase it's max weightload by A LOT.

If you don't have welding skills, take welding classes.
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[Donkey Kong]

thanks a lot that is really helpful.

on that picture, how far back does that black back piece go from the actual pad? just wanderin so i can make my pad with some extra space like that too.

[TPF.Catch22]

I don't the exact dimensions of that baseboard, but it appears to extend about a foot/foot and a half out from the pad.

But yeah, if you are looking for a good bar setup, that is certainly one. PVC is inexpensive as well.
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[ChilliumBromide]

[Donkey Kong]

thanks for your help everyone.

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[ChilliumBromide]

Hmm. . . maybe it's a sturdier PVC than what I use.

'cause I use boffers, and I'm pretty sure that none of the boffers I've used could take 270 lbs without at least bending like crazy. xP
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[devout]

not sure if this has been suggested before, but i was walking through the city the other day and i noticed something that looked like a ddr bar bolted to the sidewalk... it took me a minute to figure out it was supposed to be a bike rack.

A quick search online found a few companies that make single arch bike racks that could probably be turned into a ddr bar...

Check out :
http://www.madrax.com/Madrax_Catalog.pdf
for some examples (the one-loop versions of the genesis or challenger models)

That site doesnt list prices, but looking at others, you'd probably spend around $100 each... not sure how that compares to any other prefab ddr bars that are available. (Or you could hit up your local playground with a hacksaw if that's how you roll ) If sturdiness is an issue though, these are a solid single piece steel option that you can bolt directly to the back of your pad (assuming the pad is beefy enough to bolt to... though if you're adding any bar i guess it would have to be) Plus you can get them powder coated in your choice of colors... ooooo!!

I'd be interested to know if anyone's tried this before...

[Donkey Kong]

that seems like a really good but quite expensive idea.

[ChilliumBromide]

I'M GONNA GET ME A 'U' RACK SO I CAN HANG MY TOWEL!!!!
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[Donkey Kong]

ok, that was off topic.

but speaking of that, could i use those towel hanging rods for a bar?

[ChilliumBromide]

[Donkey Kong]

welll..... i guess it is then...

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