HawkSC Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Well, I jsut picked up my thick bar today. I had to purchase 20' of 2" cold rolled steel for $150.00 USD. I had it cut into two 6' and two 4' sections. Damn, it sure is heavy, but that's what I wanted. I'll clean the oil off and start working with it. I'm going to add some section 40 pipe to it to make an almost 2.5" diameter bar in the near future. Thanks to everyone such as Sean Dockery and Dan Praydis for their suggestions. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Loaf Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 That's interesting. I paid SEVEN dollars for my 2" piece of steel. It's 7.5 feet long and it's not solid, but it's strong. 0.35 cents a pound....7 dollars. I'm sorry you dropped a hundred and fifty smacks. MEAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Edgin Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 The difference is that his bar will be able to hold over a ton without any more than an inch of bowing whereas yours will buckle like a licorice whip under half that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkSC Posted February 19, 2005 Author Share Posted February 19, 2005 Cool Meat, I'm glad that you got a deal like that. However, did you read my post closely???????? I got a twenty foot piece of 2" solid steel, and I had it cut into 4 bars. Two of them are 6 geet long, and the other two are 4 feet long. So I can make two dumbbells as well and I can further modify the bars by sliding some steel pipe over the outside and making the O.D. even larger. I'm satisfied with my deal and the other guy that I sent in with is happy as well. He wanted something very stout. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeP Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 He wanted something very stout. Well he got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkSC Posted February 24, 2005 Author Share Posted February 24, 2005 Hey Mike P., Do you think the pokes can beat the hawks this weekend? You guys down there had better hope that the hawks don't come down from Lawrence pissed off. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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