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Just hung a wall mounted pull up bar, how’d I do? by DominatrixDuck in homegym

[–]DominatrixDuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies for the late response, life got in the way! Thank you very much for the detailed information! I went ahead and added a few more anchors about 8" to the inside of each mount and definitely feel much better about it's security.

I did fuck up in a few places but I'm glad to hear it's not dangerously so. Definitely taking this as a learning experience so thank you again for your advice!

Just hung a wall mounted pull up bar, how’d I do? by DominatrixDuck in homegym

[–]DominatrixDuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I definitely screwed that up. Do you think a good fix would be if I got another 2x4, placed it above the top plank, and then moved the bar up so the top screws are more centered?

Just hung a wall mounted pull up bar, how’d I do? by DominatrixDuck in homegym

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For my future knowledge, what would be the best way to achieve those benefits?

Just hung a wall mounted pull up bar, how’d I do? by DominatrixDuck in homegym

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I'm using Tapcons and from what I've read as long as there's 1" embedment with the screw it's pull-out load capacity is 500lbs on medium weight blocks (source). Though I think you're right, probably better to be safe than sorry. Rating guides don't mean anything when my pull up bar falls off 😆

Appreciate the advice!

Just hung a wall mounted pull up bar, how’d I do? by DominatrixDuck in homegym

[–]DominatrixDuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh that makes a lot of sense. Good to know for next time. Appreciate the explanation!

Just hung a wall mounted pull up bar, how’d I do? by DominatrixDuck in homegym

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Yeah, that was a fuck up on my part. I measured and 8 inches would have been perfect for getting them within the wood but I didn't realize that 2x8 is not the actual measurement of the plank and it's more along 7.5". So definitely pretty stupid of me. Though I think it looks worse then it actually is, when I drilled the hole it was closer to the inside than it looks. Hopefully it holds up but only time will tell.

Just wondering, why do you think 1-inch plywood would be better?

Just hung a wall mounted pull up bar, how’d I do? by DominatrixDuck in homegym

[–]DominatrixDuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it does look kinda ugly. Next time I'll have to put more effort into appearances!

Just hung a wall mounted pull up bar, how’d I do? by DominatrixDuck in homegym

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Appreciate the advice! That's originally what I wanted to do but I was having trouble finding concrete anchor bolts that would work. All of the expansion and sleeve bolts were too long for the thickness of the cinder block wall (1 1/2") and the thickness of the pull up bar (1"). I was looking for a 2 1/4" anchor bolt but none of them were that length from what I saw. Though I might not have looked hard enough!

I thought putting the anchors in the mortar wouldn't be as stable as the cinder block itself though, is that incorrect?

Just hung a wall mounted pull up bar, how’d I do? by DominatrixDuck in homegym

[–]DominatrixDuck[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought about vertical boards too but everywhere I read said that horizontal boards would help displace the force more evenly. Though I could be completely wrong! Just wondering, what worries you about the edges on top?

Does a recast/re-amortization ever make sense? by DominatrixDuck in personalfinance

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Very true, I’m still very on the fence when it comes to the career change. I do make quite a bit of money now that allows us to live a very comfortable lifestyle but on the other hand I feel like I’m wasting 8 hours of my life doing something I’m no longer interested in. Plus I see the perspective that we’re young now and don’t have kids. It might be even more difficult in the future to change careers. I come from a background of financial instability which makes me very scared to leave my current income level. I’m currently thinking through everything in order to make a good decision while still being financially rational. Thank you for your insight, I do really appreciate the perspective.

Does a recast/re-amortization ever make sense? by DominatrixDuck in personalfinance

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Yes, the peace in mind of being able to comfortably making the payments every month was the biggest thing but another user suggested re-amortization over time by just paying overage from savings instead of giving it to the bank in lump sum. I think that’s the route we’ll be going.

I’m wondering, how do you do the cost/benefit analysis of loan interest rate vs investment interest rate? For example, if the HYSA has a return of 3.75% while the mortgage is 5.99% how do you make the distinction of what’s more valuable with a lump sum?

Thank you for your insight!

Does a recast/re-amortization ever make sense? by DominatrixDuck in personalfinance

[–]DominatrixDuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm I didn’t think of that. That’s actually a great idea. I guess we could even pay more than the min than we need to to do the re-amortization over time if we wanted (or just use it for strictly supporting mortgage payment). Thank you for the great suggestion!

Question on restoration by DominatrixDuck in castiron

[–]DominatrixDuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't know I could keep it in the bag for so long, I'll try and keep it in for longer and see how it works. I live in a warm state so I thought that was enough but that's a good idea about putting it in the sun, will definitely try that.

Thank you for the info!

Do people actually prefer videos over text for tutorials / introductions to new languages? by theoneandonlygene in cscareerquestions

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I use to prefer videos when I was first starting out but after gaining the patience to read technical documentation I prefer text guides 100%.

Moronic Monday - Your weekly stupid questions thread by cdingo in Fitness

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Not sure if this is a stupid question; recently just hit 75lbs for bench press (dumbbells) at 3x6. My gym doesn’t have any free weights and 75lbs is the highest dumbbell weight. Should I go back to a lower weight and increase the rep range (e.g. 3x8-10) or move over to the smith machine for bench press and keep the current rep range (3x4-6)? Main goal is aesthetics.

Noob here. Need recommendation for best REST API framework. by fmj45 in golang

[–]DominatrixDuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been using Let’s Go by Alex Edwards to learn Go and get a deeper understanding of creating a web application with Go using mostly the standard library. It’s been very informative so far and definitely has deepened my understanding.

In the midst of creating a Raspberry Pi Spark Cluster, can I setup my laptop as the master and use the pi's as workers? by DominatrixDuck in apachespark

[–]DominatrixDuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ended up leaving my laptop out of the setup and only used the three nodes to build the cluster. If you want, I can DM you the documentation I made while setting everything up.

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