DIY Wall Mounted Cable Machine

Описание: The newest addition to the DIY Home Gym is this awesome, compact, rugged, wall-mounted cable machine.

This machine is set up with a 1:1 ration on the pulleys. This means that 25kg on the weight stack will result in 25kg of resistance at the actual cables, unlike most cable machines at commercial gyms which have a 2:1 ratio, meaning 25kg on the weight stack would result in only 12.5kg at the cables.

This machine also utilizes a side-loaded, free weight slider. This allows the maximum amount of weight to be loaded without reducing the amount of travel that can be utilized on the track. With most commercial machines, they utilize a permanent, pin-selected weight stack that results in two primary disadvantages; It means that the maximum amount of weight that can be utilized is fixed and unable to be increased. The physical space taken up by the stack itself also results in less available travel on the track which must be offset by building a larger machine with a longer track, more materials used, etc.

I chose to make this a wall-mounted machine for a few reasons;
-Far less material is required
-Less space is required
-It is much more sturdy and rugged than any free-standing machine
-Less fabrication is required which also results in less build time

The materials used for this build are;
-5cm square tubing with 3mm wall thickness (3 meters was used)
-10cm pulleys (5 total pulleys used)
-6mm steel plate (30cm x 15cm used)
-6mm nylon coated steel cable (5 meters used)

The total build time for this project was 3 hours.

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