Home made Dipping bars

[Raphael Burnes]

Hey folks!
This is my first time post I think, and I was just wondering a few things about making my own dipping bars, if anyone would be so kind as to share that with me. :proud:
I was wondering if anyone knew what the standard distance between the bars is?
I am planning on making my own bars out of PVC pipe, somewhat similarly designed like paralellettes, but I'm not sure what kind of dimensions it should have.
Or perhaps someone has a homemade dip station plan already made that works well?
Any help would be most appreciated!
Thanks a lot guys!

[Steve Shafley]

I made some once out of metal pipe. I made them in a V shape, so I could vary the width of my grip.

[Donald Woodson]

Raphael, (welcome).
Rings are the best way to go, but me being as cheap as I am right now, I made one out of lumber for next to nothing. I live in a new subdivision with houses going up all the time, so I go dumpster diving for scrap wood.
I'll take a picture of it this weekend and post it for you.
One of these days I'm going to buy a couple of Tyler Hess's rings and hang them from my outside pullup bar.
Short of building a dip station, you can also do dips on an inside corner of a counter top, or between two sturdy chairs. You can even stack up two towers of cinder blocks and do them there, but I find the flat surfaces are somewhat painful on my wrists.
I just made mine about shoulder width apart.
Of course, PVC would work great for this, and even look a little better, but in keeping with the Crossfit tradition, functionality is much more important than asthetics. My dip station cost me about $2.50, for wood glue and some deck screws.

[Donald Woodson]

Ugly as hell, but it works:
http://www.crossfit.com/discus/messages/26/8970.jpg

[Steve Shafley]

Donald,

Yeah! I made some just like those once about ten years ago. Scrap wood from construction projects I was working on.

I see you also have the lazyboy to collapse on when you are done.

Steve

[Peter Galloway]

And the rug is a great addition - adds a touch of class!

It seems to me that if you flipped that thing over you'd have a fine futon! Great piece of handiwork Don.

[Frank C Ollis]

Finally,
A use for the decommisioned electric chairs.

I have been using two chair backs for as long as I can remember. Only ever broken one, I am sure the Hilton in Hawaii never noticed!

[Donald Woodson]

OOOOH! Thanks for the idea Frank!
Some copper plates, electric wiring, some wrist and leg straps....the wifey's gonna loooove this!

[Brian Hand]

You can make a pretty good set from galvanized pipe. You need four flanges, two elbows, two three foot sections, and two four foot sections. You'll also need some anchoring hardware and screws, and maybe a 3' scrap of 2"x6". I'd use 1.5" pipe if possible.

Assemble an "L" with an elbow, a three foot section, and a four foot section. Put a flange at either end of the "L". Repeat, so you have two identical L's.

Fasten the flanges at the end of the 3' sections to the wall, and the flanges at the end of the 4' sections to the floor. Of course you'll have to place them just right so the flanges are flush to the floor and the wall. I'd space them about 19", but find a pair of real one you like and measure so you know where to put them.

To make fastening to the wall easier, you could first fasten a 2x6 to the wall, then attach the flanges to the 2x6.

You can easily modify this setup but you get the idea. This won't be quite as strong as a real set but not too shabby.

[Frank C Ollis]

In my old garage, I used the rafters and just nailed in two peices of pipe. Do a pull up(kip), chicken wing, double chicken wing, rock up. Hard work, but that is the idea right?