Let the voting begin
by Scott Bird
June 1, 2007
14 comments
share it: digg | stumbleupon | health ranker
The DIY Equipment competition has closed, and now it’s your chance to help pick a winner. Before making your selection, however, a quick recap of the entries :
Clay Johnson : farmers walk bars and a Strongman log.
Tim McFarland : Tim’s also constructed a couple of farmers walk bars.
Rad Man : a power rack.
Pat Hodgson : Detailed plans for an adjustable Deadlift, Shrug, Row bar; and the Quick and Easy Forearm Exerciser.
John Fike : The Perfect Stonebell; and a Home-made heavy bag.
Chris Rice : Horizontal Pinch Device.
Jason Kirby : Home-made Medicine Ball (soon to be a Tornado Ball).
Gary Chandler : T-bar Row machine; Wooden squat rack; Wooden weight tee; W-Bar (for chins); Chinning bar and Hammer Press/Pull.
Tom Moe : an ‘Off Helper’ for the bench press.
Bryan Bramhill (aka ‘bacon’) : an extremely sturdy Dip Station. Watch the video to find out exactly how it was made and used.
There’s some incredibly inventive stuff in there. Which is your favourite? To cast your vote, simply leave a comment below*. Whichever entrant has the largest number of votes by the end of next Friday (June 8th) will be declared the winner - and will receive the prizes shortly afterward. In the case of a tie, I’ll cast the deciding vote.
Time to decide the winner - let the voting begin!
* if you’re not comfortable leaving your email address, or don’t have a website, just put your first name. The vote will still count.
Ready to bend some steel? Grab a copy of the Diesel Crew's Bending eBook. Superb.
Comments
Receive new articles via RSS
I vote for Tom Moe’s “Off Helper”. That’s an outstanding idea and a great way put smith (shirley) machines in their place….the junk yard.
-Bryan
Posted by: Bacon | June 1, 2007 2:31 AM
I’m casting a vote for the dip station. The expert cinematography won me over.
Posted by: Kurt | June 1, 2007 2:45 AM
I’ll place my vote for the medicine ball, as it is the one that I am most likely to follow the instructions for to create myself.
The stone bell I think is also pretty clever and I may at some point make myself one, but I’m more likely to do the medicine ball.
I’d like to make myself a squat rack, but I have nowhere to put it right now.
Wasn’t there an atlas stone in the DIY contest? Or was that just a random find?
Posted by: Blaine Moore (Run to Win) | June 1, 2007 3:08 AM
This one? That was before the competition.
If you’re thinking of making one, there are a couple of sets of instructions linked from the DIY Equipment article.
Posted by: Scott | June 1, 2007 3:18 AM
Tom Moe’s off helper. While there are many good-looking devices here, this strikes me as the most original.
Posted by: Kat | June 1, 2007 3:33 AM
I vote for the dip station because it is covered in awesomeness.
Posted by: Jack "Lusst" Vestal | June 1, 2007 5:06 AM
My vote goes to the dip station.
Posted by: Adam | June 1, 2007 7:56 AM
I vote for the dip station, awsome video, and I like the help. (Fat dog)
Posted by: Jake | June 1, 2007 8:09 AM
I want to throw down a vote for Bryan Bramhill’s dip station. The video was quite inspiring.
Posted by: Brendan | June 1, 2007 8:44 AM
My vote’s for the dip station mainly because the entire construction was covered extremely well.
Posted by: Nik | June 1, 2007 3:23 PM
The Strongman Log. Would love to these as a replacement for the Press/Push Press.
Posted by: Mehdi | June 1, 2007 6:14 PM
I gotta vote for Chris Rice’s inventions. He didn’t simple do a “poor man’s version” he made up a whole new piece of equipment.
Posted by: Mike | June 2, 2007 10:56 AM
I vote for the strongman’s log…the perfect way to hide your equipment outdoors. My second choice is the stonebell.
Posted by: Snowshoe | June 6, 2007 7:48 AM
I vote for the medicine ball, simple easy, effective, and infinite in uses. For the tornado ball, it’s best not to use 10-12 lbs. Better to use anywhere from 1 to 5 lbs. If you take a playground kickball and fill it with an appropriate amount of water as weight, and then seal it back up and cover the hole with rubber cement you have another good medicine ball. I found that reinforced mesh laundry bags, or just doubling a set makes all you need for a tornado ball. I have yet to crash mine. For a home made Indo board I took a piece of oak cabinet 30” by 12” and a protein bottle, and filled it full of concrete. After adding two pieces of grip tape on my board, and cloth tape on the bottle, I have a working home made indo board. I also changed my mind, I vote for the dip bars as well.
Posted by: carpediemcat | June 9, 2007 10:25 AM