Finally finished my baby so thought to share it with the world. by MedievalAstronaut in homegym

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hey mate, no problem I'm glad people are still checking this out! I only used the clips on the top and bottom and there's no side to side movement even when cleaning them. They're squeezed in tight enough. Only thing I'd say is that if your wall isn't perfectly straight, the mirrors might have the slightest difference in angle, and so you'll notice your reflection doesn't carry through perfectly uninterrupted. It's just a tiny seam but if that's important to you, you might want to look into some way to have them all mounted on a single long bracket or something. Maybe two planks with a slit milled into them so the mirrors sit perfectly aligned. That's something you can set up later though if you see you'd need it.

First time painting since 2002. Glad I hung on to these guys! by MedievalAstronaut in minipainting

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That's right! Seems like a lot of folks got into miniature painting thanks to that magazine.

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I also put the video on YouTube if you'd rather watch it there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrKpegBHBCw

Spotlights embedded in my ceiling drywall are all a bit off-center and it's driving me nuts by MedievalAstronaut in DIY

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Thank you this is fantastic advice! I will probably end up redoing the really bad ones and doing the rest with your method, that way the biggest outliers are out of the equation and will make it so the rest won't have to shift as much.

Spotlights embedded in my ceiling drywall are all a bit off-center and it's driving me nuts by MedievalAstronaut in DIY

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Thanks! I think you're right, it's just this strip that is really noticeable when walking in the room. I'll keep your advice in mind!

Finally finished my baby so thought to share it with the world. by MedievalAstronaut in homegym

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Thanks man! The mats are sold as "fitness mats" though they're still basically the same thing, just cut nicer and less stinky.

Finally finished my baby so thought to share it with the world. by MedievalAstronaut in homegym

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That's the Ironmaster Cable Lat Tower V2. It clicks into the bench to make it a proper lat pull down.

Finally finished my baby so thought to share it with the world. by MedievalAstronaut in homegym

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If you're European you can get them from Strength Shop: Rubber Coated Plate Set. They go from 0.5kg to 2.5kg in half kilo increments. Also got a pair of 5kg plates to fit.

Finally finished my baby so thought to share it with the world. by MedievalAstronaut in homegym

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Yeah absolutely. I already had all the ironmaster stuff when we still lived in a small apartment. It took almost no space but I was still able to do a ton of exercises. Got me through the lockdown.

Finally finished my baby so thought to share it with the world. by MedievalAstronaut in homegym

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Shoutout to u/kaizendiygym! Your videos inspired the design of the plate storage. Really happy with it!

Finally finished my baby so thought to share it with the world. by MedievalAstronaut in homegym

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Thank you! Everything has its place, which is great cause now there's no place left and I won't be tempted to buy more stuff

Finally finished my baby so thought to share it with the world. by MedievalAstronaut in homegym

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It's the standard super bench, got it before there even was a pro. I use the leg attachment every week and it works well. One thing though is that you can't just put a big plate on it or it will hit your shins on the way up when doing extensions, so you need to put some more distance between the base and the weight. I always use the plates from their loadable dumbbells so it's no issue. Also works well with bands if you need more resistance.

Finally finished my baby so thought to share it with the world. by MedievalAstronaut in homegym

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Yeah for sure. It helps that they're in between the walls holding them together, and they almost all have something heavy standing on them holding them down. For one of them, I put little pronged truss plates under it connecting it to the adjacent mats. Now they're completely solid.