My friend and neighbor converted her garage into a workout space and was considering buying a pull up bar. Over drinks one afternoon in our yard we were talking about her new space, her plans/budget, and I was shocked at the prices that are being charged for what were, in many cases, flimsy light steal set-ups that don’t even come with mounting hardware. I offered to build her one, at cost, that would fit her space/needs exactly and that would be bombproof, as I am want to overbuild things…
I drew it up and after she agreed to the details, I spent a total of about an hour cutting, welding, grinding, priming, and painting her new pull up bar. The frame is made with 2X2X0.188” wall square tubing, with 1/4“ flat-bar used for the end-caps and the mounting flanges. The gussets are my design that I had SendCutSend cut for me and that I keep in stock for all sorts of projects and builds – I added 1 logo gusset just because. The bar itself is made from a 42” section of 1” schedule 40 gas pipe. Like I said: Bombproof.
I had to pick up a little steel, some spray primer, and mounting hardware, but the total material cost on the project was $110 – About 2/5 of the going retail cost. Now, if I were to build this for anyone else, it would be in the $250-$300 range which is comparable in price to some of the bars found on Amazon, but they are in no way as strong or durable as mine.