Well, I spent a little money making this but much less than a quarter it would have cost to buy one. I just finished up this morning and it still needs upholstery and a good strap.
[quote]tcsimon wrote:
Well, I spent a little money making this but much less than a quarter it would have cost to buy one. I just finished up this morning and it still need upholstery and a good strap.[/quote]
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[quote]tcsimon wrote:
tcsimon wrote:
Well, I spent a little money making this but much less than a quarter it would have cost to buy one. I just finished up this morning and it still need upholstery and a good strap.
More pictures at: Loading...
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Holy Crap that thing is super nice. I need to find someone with a welder asap!
When I’m out of town on vacation(usually to the mountains) I try to spend some time flipping logs end to end and stone pressing by rivers. If I had a yard I’d fill it with a bunch of heavy and awkward objects to lift when problems stop me from getting to the gym. Since before I moved to the city I came from a farm, there are tons of objects available for me. We have an equipment graveyard that is absolutely full of interestingly shaped iron.
Nice RH! You put my wooden version to shame.
[quote]AndrewBolinger wrote:
When I’m out of town on vacation(usually to the mountains) I try to spend some time flipping logs end to end and stone pressing by rivers. If I had a yard I’d fill it with a bunch of heavy and awkward objects to lift when problems stop me from getting to the gym. Since before I moved to the city I came from a farm, there are tons of objects available for me. We have an equipment graveyard that is absolutely full of interestingly shaped iron.[/quote]
I like doing this stuff to. Be careful though and approach it like you would any other lift. I partially tore my left bicep flipping a log end over end last summer just messing around…
[quote]tcsimon wrote:
Well, I spent a little money making this but much less than a quarter it would have cost to buy one. I just finished up this morning and it still needs upholstery and a good strap.[/quote]
Wow, TCSIMOM; got the specs, blue prints for that.
I am def impressed.
Really I want to try an build me one.
[quote]tcsimon wrote:
Well, I spent a little money making this but much less than a quarter it would have cost to buy one. I just finished up this morning and it still needs upholstery and a good strap.[/quote]
That’s durned pretty. Nice work.
[quote]fat wilhelm wrote:
Nice RH! You put my wooden version to shame.[/quote]
Thank you for the inspiration. I saw that a while back and it inspired me to make one.
That is a very nice RH. I’m assuming you would still be making a lot of profit if you sold something like that for half of the price of the ones from Elitefts? I’m not looking to buy one, but just wondering why they cost so much if others like yourself can make one for a quarter of the price they’re charging.
TCsimon -
How much would it cost to have you make ME one?
[quote]Traps59 wrote:
That is a very nice RH. I’m assuming you would still be making a lot of profit if you sold something like that for half of the price of the ones from Elitefts? I’m not looking to buy one, but just wondering why they cost so much if others like yourself can make one for a quarter of the price they’re charging.
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Of course the money I have invested in it is all material. My labor wasn’t included in that. I estimate I have about 15-20 man hours in the fabrication. Probably another 10 hours doing research, making drawings, ordering parts, picking up materials. Say I have 30 hours in it (just for estimating), if I had to pay an employee $15/hr to build it (just as an example, a skilled welder probably earns substantially more) that would add another 30*$15=$450. Effectively doubling my material cost.
Add to that marketing, overhead costs (that employee wants health insurance and a paid vaction, a warm and dry place to work, and he needs tools and electricity to build things with, of course the government wants their cut too). Sure, some of the design costs would not be recurring but for simplicity’s sake in this example let’s assume it’s a fixed 30 hours of labor. Also, we will not include any quantity disount, I bought my steel in 20 ft. pieces at just about full retail, I’m certain the price drops for volume purchases and established clients.
If I have $450 in materials in it, another $450 in labor costs to make it, the cost is up to $900 (plus overhead costs) already and I haven’t made any profit yet which is why those company’s are in business.
Perhaps the second and most important reason they can charge what they do is that Louie holds several patents on the Reverse Hyper and can legally prevent others from profiting from his idea. I do not know if he has enforced his patent or not but I can vehemently state that I do not intend to market or sell his patented material nor do I intend to charge others for the use of the “prone hip extension device” I fabricated.
Sorry for such a longwinded post but to answer the original question, If I sold it for half of what EFS charges I would not break even.
[quote]skidmark wrote:
TCsimon -
How much would it cost to have you make ME one?[/quote]
Please see my response to Traps59.
[quote]tcsimon wrote:
Traps59 wrote:
That is a very nice RH. I’m assuming you would still be making a lot of profit if you sold something like that for half of the price of the ones from Elitefts? I’m not looking to buy one, but just wondering why they cost so much if others like yourself can make one for a quarter of the price they’re charging.
Of course the money I have invested in it is all material. My labor wasn’t included in that. I estimate I have about 15-20 man hours in the fabrication. Probably another 10 hours doing research, making drawings, ordering parts, picking up materials. Say I have 30 hours in it (just for estimating), if I had to pay an employee $15/hr to build it (just as an example, a skilled welder probably earns substantially more) that would add another 30*$15=$450. Effectively doubling my material cost.
Add to that marketing, overhead costs (that employee wants health insurance and a paid vaction, a warm and dry place to work, and he needs tools and electricity to build things with, of course the government wants their cut too). Sure, some of the design costs would not be recurring but for simplicity’s sake in this example let’s assume it’s a fixed 30 hours of labor. Also, we will not include any quantity disount, I bought my steel in 20 ft. pieces at just about full retail, I’m certain the price drops for volume purchases and established clients.
If I have $450 in materials in it, another $450 in labor costs to make it, the cost is up to $900 (plus overhead costs) already and I haven’t made any profit yet which is why those company’s are in business.
Perhaps the second and most important reason they can charge what they do is that Louie holds several patents on the Reverse Hyper and can legally prevent others from profiting from his idea. I do not know if he has enforced his patent or not but I can vehemently state that I do not intend to market or sell his patented material nor do I intend to charge others for the use of the “prone hip extension device” I fabricated.
Sorry for such a longwinded post but to answer the original question, If I sold it for half of what EFS charges I would not break even.[/quote]
Cool. Thanks for the response.
[quote]tcsimon wrote:
skidmark wrote:
TCsimon -
How much would it cost to have you make ME one?
Please see my response to Traps59.[/quote]
Reasonable answer. Thanks for laying it out.
It just that it’s so damn fine-lookin’…
[quote]APE. wrote:
Wow, got the specs, blue prints for that.
I am def impressed.
Really I want to try an build me one.
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Check out: Loading...
I posted some fabrication info there you will find interesting.
I saw this when I went on Federal Holiday. Load a pillow case with some heavy books. Or fill a trash bag with water.
[quote]tcsimon wrote:
APE. wrote:
Wow, got the specs, blue prints for that.
I am def impressed.
Really I want to try an build me one.
Check out: Loading...
I posted some fabrication info there you will find interesting.
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Woah woah woah. West Cary? Cary NC?! I moved to Cary NC in November! I just bought my first house in West Cary (near the YMCA) and have been planning out my garage gym for months so I can finally give a stab at this whole Westside powerlifting thing! I was checking this thread out to see makeshift stuff I could get together! What a coincidence!
This is a safety rack I made for squatting.
~60$
I don’t have the traditional power rack, just a squat rack. Having this will make dumping the bar easier and less scary.
3/4" galvanized steel for the main parts.
It’s sturdy, I’ve tested it up to 390lbs and it holds fine no worries here.
A good welder in Louisiana minimum cost is $30 an hour.
So it would more than dbl the cost, thanks for the detailed blueprints though.
Just enough for someone w/ enough welding experiance to
“Try To” make one. I’ll see if I can an post once it is done. I’ll attempt to sometime this summer. Think I know what I’ll be doing w/ my vacation time.