➡️ Watch Part 1 of the DIY Cable Pulley & Cable Crossover System kzread.info/dash/bejne/hnus0qitk8Wrl5M.html

what a person he is --real practical engineer i have ever seen. Amazing Ultimate. I have been searching for height adjustment for my --cable pulley system. watched a million of videos-----finally got it here. I have been watching other videos of Shredded dad . ultimate place to go to for fitness enthusiasts. U don't have to go anywhere else-----watch any other video. Thank you so much

@ShreddedDad

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👊

Wow! This is so good! This is great advice for creating anchor points for different angles using the hitch pins. Brilliant! You basically made your own adjustable cable machine which low end costs $350 to purchase. For much less! Thanks for this!

@ShreddedDad

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

That really helped me! I was doing the 3d project of my hack with pulley cables but I was kind of worried about how much could I spend to made it. I just saved me at least 1 year of saving money to make it real. I'll really try it. Thank you so much!

@ShreddedDad

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

I like the Hitch Pin idea. I was going to use a large carabiners, but I like the Hitch Pin better, so I'm going to return the large carabiners I bought. Thanks for the idea of the Hitch pin.

@ShreddedDad

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome

Great! One of the best I've seen. Just ordered the straps. You make it very easy. Able to take with me when I move.

@ShreddedDad

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found the video helpful!

Brother you are a genius. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you!

@ShreddedDad

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome

cheap and simple=thumbs up!

@ShreddedDad

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👊

While this is technically a functional and cheap/simple cable setup, it does introduce a lot of inconsistency into your movements due to the geometry of your upper pulleys. They are exerting opposing forces on your weight stack which in turn will make your pull lighter at the bottom and heavier at the top. The simplest solution is to either move your upper pulleys to the center or add an extra set of pullets to the center above the weight stack. You could also get a few extra sets of pulleys and run the cable such that it has a constant length. You use a single longer cable with a pulley above the weight stack, pulleys at top and bottom of the frame terminating at your handles. One side of the cable meets the handle from the top, the other side meets the handle from the bottom. This way when you move from low to mid to high cable you don't have a bunch of extra slack in your cables (look at how the cable and pulleys are arranged in my video for an example) Alternatively, if someone were inclined to spend a little more money and build a solid DIY fully adjustable cable crossover setup you can do so with hand tools and parts from home depot / lowes. I used Strut Channel / Super Strut / Uni Strut for mine. I posted a video of the one I built in Afghanistan a couple years ago.

@ShreddedDad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input 👊

@squirts1

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShreddedDad one benefit to your wide upper pulleys though is it will resist swinging/pendulum motions. Swinging was so so annoying on the one I built in Afghanistan. I'm still planning for some improvements on a new build now that I'm home.

@jayrobinson4080

Жыл бұрын

@@squirts1 please post updates on KZread. Thank you for your service and diy skills. Make a channel.

Did this, one suggestion i'd make is buy pulleys that have bearings in them. The ones I grabbed from Home Depot were the same ones he shows in the video but they create a lot of noise and friction without having bearings. Bought ones with bearings (cost more) and it makes the exercises a lot more fluid and smooth.

@ShreddedDad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip 👊

Epic

@ShreddedDad

2 жыл бұрын

👊

Hey man your videos are very well made and informative. Thanks for sharing your ingenious workarounds the conventional gym equipment we are all used too. Got yourself a new sub. Keep it up bro.

@ShreddedDad

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and thanks for watching

@KulDegun

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for this tutorial. I bought a monster cage but it doesnt have side holes and I didna work around with slight improvements using female eyebolts(nuts) which replace some of the factory m10 nuts and allow a very seamless integration without straps.. Ill do a video in a few weeks and put a link to your original video and this 1 👍

BAD ASS!

@ShreddedDad

2 жыл бұрын

👊

This is awesome... Can we just add additional pulleys to the cable to move between the different levels?

@ShreddedDad

2 жыл бұрын

Sure try it out

Great video and very instructive! You can also add a pulley at the weight pin and use a continues cable , that way the weight will always self align in the middle reducing side to side movement

@ShreddedDad

Жыл бұрын

👊

@constantinek.4357

Жыл бұрын

@@ShreddedDad 👊

@quanngo6373

7 ай бұрын

I was also wondering about this. That pulley would balance the pulling force, so that one has to exert an equal amount of force on both sides to lift the weight. If you only used a loading pin, and one side exerted a stronger force due to strength imbalance, the load would get lighter for the other side

Sir, you've earned a like and sub. Tutorial was on point. Thank you.

@ShreddedDad

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped 👊

@Biggo1226

2 жыл бұрын

Can you make video for rubber stopper installation. And which kind of rubber stopper to use.

@ShreddedDad

2 жыл бұрын

@@Biggo1226 it’s easier to just buy the cable with the rubber stopper . You can find it here amzn.to/3p36sHW

@Biggo1226

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShreddedDad aww, man. Wished I'd ask before going to home depot. Thanks, bro.

@ShreddedDad

2 жыл бұрын

@@Biggo1226 if you already got the cables, they also sell the balls by themselves. Check this out amzn.to/3cWwF5F

Good

@ShreddedDad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks you 👊

Thanks for sharing the excellent information. Could you share what power rack model/ brand it is?

@ShreddedDad

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome. Here’s the rack info kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYCptq6tfcuZYNY.html

Great video. And a great comment below suggesting the use of a ball bearing pulley instead of the Home Depot one. One question though. Regarding the hitch pin setup, isn't the clip holding the hitch pin the weakest link? Are those going to be able to handle the lateral pull from the pulley once you add a lot of weight?

@ShreddedDad

Жыл бұрын

A lot of the load falls on the hitch pin. The clips are the weakest thing on there for sure but I haven’t had any issues with them breaking for as long as I’ve been using them

@Shredded Dad Garage Gym my rack has holes only on the front and back of the uprights (no holes on the sides like on yours). How can I modify the attachment of the hitch pins so that this could work?

@ShreddedDad

2 ай бұрын

Try attaching to the hitch pins at the front of the rack and see if it works

Man I wish my rack had those holes 🕳 on the sides for those hinch pins. I’m thinking about drilling holes but I’m worried about them being straight and level holes so the pin goes in straight. Any tips on how I can assure even and level holes on both sides?

@ShreddedDad

4 жыл бұрын

If you don't have side holes you can also use the straps I showed in the first video. Stick a strap through the front and back hole, connect both ends with a carabiner, and then add the pulley to the carabiner.

Hi, great set up, very impressed. Could I please ask how you find the resistance pattern using the cables in this way, is this fairly even throughout the range of the exercise or does it get harder towards the end of the movement? Thanks in advance if you can answer👍

@ShreddedDad

3 жыл бұрын

Feels about the same throughout. You can also set up the cable crossover with a weight on each cable without attaching them at the middle

@anthonydavid1965

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShreddedDad Thanks for the response👍

Is it easy to get muscular imbalances because both pulleys attach towards on point of load, what if ur right side is stronger, will it provide instability and force u to use both arms equally or do u have to worry about focusing on equal force output, 50/50

@ShreddedDad

3 жыл бұрын

Good point. If you're worried about your stronger side taking over, don't attach them at the middle. You can have each cable with their own weight.

Brilliant. Thanks for this. How long does it take to assemble each time you wish to use it? (I just used this as basis to come up with a design you could use for a permanent fixture of high to low dual adjustable pulley for power rack, adjustable full length without having to swap the pulleys at any point. Only down side is that a permanent fixture would interfere with the bar for squatting - At least for a power cage setup)

@ShreddedDad

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t take very long. You can just leave the pulleys on the rack. Then add the cable and loading pin when you’re going to use it. You can also have the two cables separate for each side. You’ll need two loading pins for that set up.

@jamesleaf4002

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShreddedDad brilliant. Do you dismantle the pulley to take the cable out each time? And how do you manage the extra slack in the cable if it is central? I can think of a reason you move further away for the exercise (though there may be an exercise that might affect). I

@ShreddedDad

2 жыл бұрын

For the pulleys in this video, yeah you would have to dismantle them or just leave the carabiners hanging and take the cables and pulleys off all together. I have another pulley system where I don’t have to take the pulleys off cause the cable can go through them without a problem. As far as the cable slack, you have to play around with where you position your body in relation to the rack

What’s the length of your cables?

@ShreddedDad

Ай бұрын

10 feet

What if you dint have any holes on the side of your rack?

@ShreddedDad

4 жыл бұрын

Use the front holes

@koopa411

4 жыл бұрын

Shredded Dad touché 😂

Do you leave both pulleys attached to the cable at all times now? About to build my setup to be similar to yours and thinking of adding both pulleys to each cable at the beginning to avoid having to take apart the second pulley for attachment later. Also, I can't think of a downside to having both pulleys always attached, even if only using one. But like always, I'm probably not thinking of everything... Thanks for all the great info.

@ShreddedDad

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah just keep both on

What is the weight your pulley can pull?

@ShreddedDad

3 жыл бұрын

That will depend on the cables and pulleys you buy. Wherever you buy them from will tell you the weight capacity

@tejaspatil9061

3 жыл бұрын

Shredded Dad like what you have opted for? I asked

@ShreddedDad

3 жыл бұрын

@@tejaspatil9061 the pulleys I have can hold 400 lbs

@tejaspatil9061

3 жыл бұрын

Shredded Dad thank you soo much for your information! So kind of you. You got one new subscriber🙂

I have been checking out other DIY cable crossover videos and I had the same idea about using hitch pins (which I already have to attach bands) to also attach the pulleys. Good to see the idea actually works before I run out to the hardware store and spend the money, thanks for this video!

@ShreddedDad

Жыл бұрын

Just make sure you have a long enough cable for the low pulleys

@drzoidberg19855

Жыл бұрын

Will do!

u look like jonny sins

@ShreddedDad

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao 😂 I've heard that a few times

You know that the incline or flat is the same angle because the force is pulling in a straight line since its a pulley. Its not like dumbells...gravity goes down in a direct line. Also, how thick is you lr cable....bought 1/8...and past 75 lbs on each side...doesnt feel good

@ShreddedDad

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i know. The reason i angled the bench is so that the weight doesn't pull me and the bench back since it's not anchored. I'm using an 1/8" cable as well.

@patkob2180

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShreddedDad ty