DIY Home Made Inexpensive Basement Pull-Up Bar (Home Gym)

I ordered a really expensive 1-1/4" pull up, chin up bar. But, it took too long to ship to my house. I was quickly losing fitness due to the horrible Coronavirus and the quarantine. Therefore, I went rogue, ran to home depot, spent $27, and built my own homemade cheap pullup bar in the basement, mounting the support for the bar using 2x6s. I stress tested it using the only means I knew necessary. This application would work in a garage, outside, or anywhere! I also go a few steps further making sure the pull up bar is truly next-level.
I made an outdoor pull up bar in my yard after this one, here is the link to that video:
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Parts list:
1" (1.25" OD) Black steel pipe:
www.homedepot.com/p/Southland...
Black steel floor flange (x2):
www.homedepot.com/p/1-in-Blac...
2.5" multi-purpose screws:
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1.5" construction screws"
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Milwaukee lithium ion m18 Circular saw:
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2x6 wood:
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Rock climbing tape:
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[@brandons9569]

Just built me one of these tonight. Amazing. Thanks for the demo.

[@thepansh]

Thanks for this. After so many videos, I finally understand the list of equipment I'll need and have decided what kind of pull up/ chip up bar would work in my room. Good job man. :)

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Ha ha thanks Dipansh! Glad you found what you needed to get after it

[@ravisabi]

Thank you so much.

[@BloodyIron]

Great video thanks!

[@tomfox4913]

Thanks for the tutorial. Am definitely going to build and install one to your "specs." The only suggestions I have is that I would have first GLUED and screwed the wood components together, and the spacer would have been much easier (and stronger) to add if it had been made from plywood. - the Tomster

[@brianalbertson5678]

I like it. Although, I used 4-5" bolts to secure the supports to the joists. A lot higher tensile strength than 2 1/2'" wood screws.

[@pursuitofthegrind]

I was thinking the same.

[@glusau]

That's exactly what I needed, building this this weekend. Nice job putting this video together! And yeah, your saw job sucks, make sure to watch those fingers closer next time ;)

[@teosuperman_]

Very nice work 💪🔥

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Thank you Teo!

[@zl1David]

So well done. Please avoid self telescoping chin up bars like the plague, people. I almost killed myself on one as it collapsed while I was doing leg raises. This is the way to go .

[@jamesdavis5329]

Good job dude. Doing one this week😂👍🏾 in the garage!

[@samd1858]

Doing it Tomorrow haha

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Excellent, get it done and get some reps in! Thank you

[@RebuildRex]

Great video! If I were closer I would take you up on that $100 TV removal! 😁

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Thank you sir! Could make a big fish tank :D

[@ericstrobeck1562]

Got rid of my door frame pull up bar a fee weeks ago, no good doors to use in my house plus I never feel like I have enough space, got my list together and doing this this weekend, thanks for the tips!

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Awesome man! Hope the bar installation went well

[@RogerAnsanelli]

Thank you for making this. Helpful! RA111

[@EnigmaEngineering]

No problem Roger. I used it multiple times this week

[@bigusdickus9346]

$100 to take something and I get to check out a cool workout bar. Deal! 😂😂😂

[@amazingtv1810]

Great job ! Keep up the good work

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Thank you!

[@BellyUpFish]

$9 worth of lumber in 2020.. $328.96 in 2021.. LOL

[@maurolimaok]

nice video.

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Thanks!

[@D-NICE33]

I would have installed a little lower to keep your head out of joistland. is the TV still available?

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Someone picked the TV up for their bar! Good suggestion. Do you know what is above joistland? Nails coming through plywood land

[@marioblanco1003]

Hi, what kind of bar do you use? Where can I get it with those threads at the end?

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Hi Mario! Here is the bar used: www.homedepot.com/p/Southland-1-in-x-48-in-Black-Steel-Pipe-585-480HC/100141320 Here are the threaded ends: www.homedepot.com/p/1-in-Black-Malleable-Iron-Threaded-Floor-Flange-521-605HN/100179931 These are commonly used in gas systems!

[@marioblanco1003]

@@EnigmaEngineering Ok bro, its very difficult to find in my country this kind of bar threaded by the tips

[@jayn8392]

You sure like helmets.... j/k, cool idea. I am debating putting my pullup bar on my homemade power rack or putting it somewhere on it's own. I'm worried that I won't be able to get the thing level on my rack because I have to drill 4 big ass 1 1/4" holes in line to stick it through, and I have one of those speedbore max bits that self threads and tends to jerk the drill around really badly.. I managed to put together an entire home gym since this crap hit. Luckily I got on it like 3 days after the stay at home order in my state shut all the gyms down and I was able to get 800# of plates, oly bar and ez bar, adjustable dumbells and a bench press setup for like 500$ before the insane price gouging started. Everything else I have built myself like the power rack and platform, flat bench and a dip station. Only thing now is a stupid pullup bar lol. There are just not a lot of great places to mount the damn thing..

[@EnigmaEngineering]

What are you trying to say??! Lol. Thanks for the comment Jay! If you measured the power rack a bunch of times and then used a sharp, heavy duty punch, followed by a pilot hole, do you think it would help you get better alignment on the 1-1/4" speedbore bit? Perhaps you could make a template that could help you too. I travel a lot, so I was already doing a lot of bodyweight stuff anyways when it hit, otherwise the whole lack of heavy weights would be killing me. Sounds like you have a solid home setup. I would love a dip station right about now. Let me know what your pull up solution is!

[@xoxowenxox]

You tend to use lag bolts in floor/ ceiling joists. Wood screws under live load (ie bouncing) will tear at the wood fibre, where-as a bolt cinches Please don't use a circular saw to rip a board down like that. Kick back would have torn off your nuts - you're damned lucky. Kerf cut to desired depth then hammer and chisel out waste Like your stuff. Please don't ruin your life with some easily avoidable accident

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Thanks for the comment! Check out our truss video - we got much more technical in terms of hardware + wood, to the point of calculating shear strength in bolts and friction created in the wooden joints as a function of bolt torque and bolt #. I should have used actual bolts with lock nuts, washers, etc., for the pullup bar - but I wanted to keep it simple. And yes, retaining nuts is always good - I should probably learn how to use a saw!

[@1lapmagic]

@@EnigmaEngineeringYou know how to use a saw, you made a decision to be unsafe. :)

[@donlitt]

Did you buy all those things at Lowe’s or Home Depot? Can I get all those things at the same store?

[@cdi9380]

Why not just through bolt the flanges and put flat washers to fill the gap? I need to make one. People bought all the gym equipment

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Hi Chris, I would do that if I were you, and use some nylon lock nuts. I would have done something similar, I just did not want to explain the length of bolts, specific size of drill bit, grades of steel, zinc vs galv vs stainless, etc.That is a good idea though!

[@Fosgen]

Did it last, past 5 months?

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Hell yeah I rip out 100 a day since I posted this!

[@UncleIvan1]

will wooddeck screws work?

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Structural screws are safer. Deck screws are not meant to resist a shear force. #10 should work well!

[@UncleIvan1]

@@EnigmaEngineering #10 deck or construction?

[@EnigmaEngineering]

@@UncleIvan1 #10 construction (or multi purpose wood screw). Just not deck

[@UncleIvan1]

@@EnigmaEngineering thank you sir

[@Jacksirrom]

someone could live inside that TV jeebus chrast

[@thecrownedone]

List that TV on Facebook Marketplace for free.

[@EnigmaEngineering]

Done!

[@DominicVictoria]

You can save more by just drilling though the lumber instead of the fricking flanges. I don’t get why those are so expensive

[@rmohindra84]

Good idea. How would you secure the rod so it doesn't move or slide out?

[@DominicVictoria]

You can use the wood as a flange too. Get another piece(as big as possible) of wood and drill through it. Then you screw/glue it on your hangers. Just put the direction of the grain horizontal so it doesn’t crack open and send you to the ground.

[@truthclips]

who has exposed ceiling joists though? like