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Building a high bar if anyone is interested

Unread postby Noah C » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:13 pm

Well I'm building the high bar currently for my "jungle gym." I have the rings already, just haven't built a frame for them yet. Its pretty hard to keep something nearly 16 feet tall stable enough to swing from. Here is a picture of the high bar



Just imagine the support coming off the side toe-nailed in and buried and concreted in the ground, then another one on the other side.

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Ok Im having huge troubles with the picture. Here's a link for now but Ill get it no-clickied

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=86 ... d08df0be7a
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Unread postby Noah C » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:16 pm

Oh and I forgot...I built it in the garage and now I cant get it out haha. I have to take it apart tomorrow to rebuild outside.

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Unread postby Noah C » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:28 pm

got it

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Unread postby altius » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:11 pm

Greta move -eventually anyway. A high bar is a critical component for training for the vault. :yes:
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Unread postby Noah C » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:56 am

Yeah, I had to take it apart early this morning to get it out of the garage.. I got too excited and built it in there not realizing it won't come out. I'm putting it all together this evening after school, so I'll take pictures then.

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Unread postby master » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:57 pm

While you are taking photos, get some close ups of the construction details such as the joints. Also, how do you plan to secure the sideways diagonal braces to the the ground?

It looks like you have done a nice job with that.

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Unread postby jumpbackin » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:44 pm

That's a cool set up.

I want to build one in the ground in my backyard. Problem is finding posts that are long enough. If I go three feet down i will need at least 12 foot posts. If I want to have the option of rings, they probably have to be 16 feet. Anyone have any ideas?

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Unread postby mjaubbs40 » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:47 pm

I am also planning on putting one in at my place this spring/summer, so I'll be very interested in hearing how it works out.
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Unread postby mjaubbs40 » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:52 pm

jumpbackin wrote:That's a cool set up.

I want to build one in the ground in my backyard. Problem is finding posts that are long enough. If I go three feet down i will need at least 12 foot posts. If I want to have the option of rings, they probably have to be 16 feet. Anyone have any ideas?

I have 14' 6x6's which will go 4' in the ground. That gives me a high bar around around 9' to 10' high. I set up my rings, trapeze, climbing rope, vault trainer, swing trainer, and invert device from the ceiling of my mini-gym which is around 16' 6" high.
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Unread postby Noah C » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:21 pm

master wrote:While you are taking photos, get some close ups of the construction details such as the joints. Also, how do you plan to secure the sideways diagonal braces to the the ground?

It looks like you have done a nice job with that.

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I secured them with concrete. I just buried them under about 60lbs of concrete each. I'm having a terrible time trying to upload/resize these images, so please just look at them as big as they are to sorta get the idea of the whole thing. These pictures are huge.

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=86 ... 852475e48c
http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=86 ... 852475e48c
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http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=86 ... 852475e48c
http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=86 ... 852475e48c

I haven't nailed the side braces in yet because I'm waiting on the concrete to dry first.

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Ok they're not nearly as big as I thought they were. nevermind what I said about that.
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Unread postby vaultmd » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:23 pm

I'm sure if you posted the plans it would result in free beers at some meet . . .

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Unread postby Noah C » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:26 pm

wow I really hate my life. I suck at the internet. the pictures wont show now!


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