home gym cable machine

[mrmisior]

Planning to make a home gym cable machine.
Anyone built one?
Tips, advice and recommendations please.
It has to accommodate triceps and bicep as on the "drawing".
I see the issue with the required cable length being different for each option.
Load up to 30kg - bucket with sandbags - yeah, low budget.

If this works fine, I would go for a second set to allow for the butterfly chest exercise.

Timber frame of 2x4's as I have some lying about.
Would B&Q cheapo 2x3's be alright instead as I have them too?
Staple plates fixed to timber.
Carabiner clips to allow for a quick switch of anchor point.

Swivel pulleys as here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/35-mm-Di...ulley-For-8mm-Rope-Nickel-Plated/142446734842

Coated steel rope as here:

https://www.gsproducts.co.uk/4mm-black-nylon-coated-galvanised-steel-wire-rope-cable/

 

[mrmisior]

 

[dontbelieveawordofit]

so where will it be?

 

[mrmisior]

so where will it be?

in my workshop, next to a punch bag

 

[dontbelieveawordofit]

whats the workshop built from?

 

[mrmisior]

i am tempted to get 4mm wire from toolstation.
https://www.toolstation.com/galvanised-wire-rope/p89647
no idea how long it would last?
wire travel distance is ~70cm.
15 sets of ~10 reps, 3 times per week.
if the £6 "cable" would last 1 month, that is already cheaper than the gym, which is closed/unusable for the last 7 months anyway...

 

[mrmisior]

whats the workshop built from?

it's a spare room turned into a workshop. brick built house. concrete floor.

 

[dontbelieveawordofit]

I made my own pull down machine years ago . hung it off brackets and brass rollers from the garage roof . 9x3