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Wooden Power Rack Failure. Rack systems are designed for integration with specified lift equipment. The boards are 91” long, by 5 ¾” wide, by 1 3/4’” thick.
These holes are for the safety bar which goes through both posts. The boards are 91” long, by 5 ¾” wide, by 1 3/4’” thick. An equipment change can result in unforeseen misuse and rack damage.
Buckling is failure due to compression in this case, and since the smile has the top two edges in tension and. The power rack you see in my pictures is made from 4 solid pieces of oak, one of the strongest hardwoods out there. These holes are for the safety bar which goes through both posts.
The boards are 91” long, by 5 ¾” wide, by 1 3/4’” thick. On the two middle posts we drilled 6 additional holes starting above the last hole (again every 4 inches) using a 7/8 bit. This can obviously be tailored depending on the size of the space you.
If i were op with a wooden rack, i'd at least want some steel bushings press fit in the holes to help alleviate the stresses on the shanks of the holes. Hole spacing will be very big. I'd imagine they'd want to work over time or even catch a grain and split.
On the two middle posts, again starting at 24 inches, we also drilled 6 holes with the 1 1/4 bit.
