Project Information
Just clearing out some scraps, decided to make something quick that might give a slight bit of motivation for exercise…
At any rate, this is all 2×4's. I used the dado stack for most of the joinery and just put a bunch of 3" screws in with spacer blocks all around to keep everything in place. The joinery takes all the weight, not the screws. Nice and solid.
I rounded all the corners and sanded it down. Thought about putting a finish on it, but it's just going to get beat up anyway so I skipped it. One cool design feature is a 3/4" chamfer on the inside of the bottom rails so you can get your fingers under the grips on the weights you want. The chamfer is on the outside of the top rails because the weights are smaller and wouldn't seat otherwise. I ripped the top rails down narrower because they don't need to carry as much weight and it left a little lip on the ends from the legs so they couldn't roll off.
At any rate, this is all 2×4's. I used the dado stack for most of the joinery and just put a bunch of 3" screws in with spacer blocks all around to keep everything in place. The joinery takes all the weight, not the screws. Nice and solid.
I rounded all the corners and sanded it down. Thought about putting a finish on it, but it's just going to get beat up anyway so I skipped it. One cool design feature is a 3/4" chamfer on the inside of the bottom rails so you can get your fingers under the grips on the weights you want. The chamfer is on the outside of the top rails because the weights are smaller and wouldn't seat otherwise. I ripped the top rails down narrower because they don't need to carry as much weight and it left a little lip on the ends from the legs so they couldn't roll off.