Gym Equipment # 6 Parallettes

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The athletes do hand stand push ups, dips, L sits and other stuff on these. Simple build. I made 4 sets or 8 parallettes. The square tube is 2x2 11 gauge. The tubing is 1.75” 14 gauge range (I forget). Total height is 12”.                 A bit of a learning curve using the bender but there was a min. of waste/scrap. Shoe for scale.I paid $94 out the door for 20’ of tubing Is this price high? Attached ImagesDave ReberWadsworth Ohio
Reply:I pay a very high price for precision DOM tubing with a 3/16 wall, but your price seems high.I buy from these guys http://www.fleischertube.com/about.html, and they will sell less than 20', but have a minimum shipping fee, or order amount, I can't remember which it's been so long.  Last order set me back a ton of money for 5 different sizes.  But it was cheaper by the foot in the long run as opposed to buying It locally.........if you could find it"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Thanks Sam - Stay safe from the storms.At first I thought I got the wrong bill.Dave ReberWadsworth Ohio
Reply:I pay $3.15 a foot for .120 wall DOM mild steel.You pay a dam heavy price for that much lower grade stuff.Syncrowave 350Coolmate 3Millermatic 251Spoolmatic 30A
Reply:Originally Posted by n20junkieI pay $3.15 a foot for .120 wall DOM mild steel.You pay a dam heavy price for that much lower grade stuff.
Reply:For the round stuff, you could try 1-1/4" pipe, fairly cheap and most steel outfits sell a lot of it, it's the standard size for handrails. Same for the 2x2x.120...Dougspair