Barbells

[nissan11]

No, these came from a craigslist ad.

Unfortunately, the sleeves are so far worn on one, and it is bent so bad that I fear I will have to send it to the yard. It simply can't be used.

Two others are bent a little and I plan to straighten and keep those.

 

[nissan11]

I started pulling sleeves and lubing today.

 

[nissan11]

I don't remember who posted about trying to clean rust off a barbell, but here is an example of what I do. I simply use a wire brush and a rag with oil (like WD40). I won't use anything heavier than a wire brush by hand. I've seen how much human hands wear down the knurling over years and metal brushes are already so much more destructive to the metal.

I also want to make sure I don't scratch the beautiful patina.

 

[nissan11]

I repaired a sleeve this AM. It is cast so I pre heated it and welded it real slow then wrapped it in a blanket to cool it slow.











Final product after flap wheel.

 

[Iron1]

Nice job N11!

How many salvaged bars have you saved so far?

 

[nissan11]

At least 15.

 

[nissan11]

These old unidentified power bars had some slop in the sleeves. I ordered some cast bronze bushings from a machine shop and 'pressed' them in with a BFH. They were about 0.5mm too tight once pressed in so I used a dremel to shave the ID a bit. Now these girls are like new.

 

[DF]

Great work Nissan! Wish I had some room to store & refurbish some iron. Looks like a pretty good deal.

 

[nissan11]

Great work Nissan! Wish I had some room to store & refurbish some iron. Looks like a pretty good deal.

You don't need much room. I live alone and store it all in my 1BR apartment living room

 

[DF]

If I lived alone. I wouldn't mind iron in the living room, however don't think the GF would go for that...... Dammit!

 

[BigGameHunter]

Hell Yes. Great posts Nissan.

 

[nissan11]

I've got a bar with stubborn rust in the knurling. I did two rounds of naval jelly on it which ate up the black oxide. I'm not willing to scratch the bar up with a wire brush yet so I'm going to do a 24 hr vinager soak before stripping off all black ox and turning this into a bare finish bar.





Before starting






After naval jelly

 

[ToolSteel]

I hadn't checked this thread in a while.. Pretty cool stuff!

 

[nissan11]

After 24 hrs of vinager soaked rags it's looking better. I'm going to go another 24 hrs then strip the rest of the black ox off.

 

[nissan11]

Today's gem, from a used sporting goods store.

 

[John Ziegler]

I don't remember who posted about trying to clean rust off a barbell, but here is an example of what I do. I simply use a wire brush and a rag with oil (like WD40). I won't use anything heavier than a wire brush by hand.

That was ECKSRATED

 

[Trauma RN]

nice job......

 

[nissan11]

Today's loot from play it again sports

 

[nissan11]

Just grabbed some heavy spin locks from the used sporting goods store.

 

[Itburnstopee]

The barbells at my new gym are sexy as hell. All brand new rouges, destroyed my shins on deads with them. I love them!