hey, welcome to my channel :) I hope you enjoy your stay. In todays video I will be showing a step by step guide on making flawless home made concrete weight plates for 23 cents/pound USD or 28 cents/pound CAD.
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Timestamps/Topics:
Step #1: 1:52
how to get the height required for pvc pipe: 3:56
Step #2: 4:54
Step #2 Optional customization: 6:20
Step #3: 8:44
Step #4: 9:28
Step #5: 11:04
Step #6: 11:44
Step #6 Part #2: 12:28
Step #6 Part #3: 13:56
Step #7: 15:12
Final Result: 16:04
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ITEMS LIST: ALL THE FOLLOWING IS IN CAD!!!
MANDATORY ITEMS:
Depot Store specific Items:
- Home made Mold + Bucket: 10$ (make a mold by cutting a bucket of your desired Plate diameter to slightly above the height your largest weight plate will be)
- PVC pipe: 5$ EACH
- Cement 66lbs: 5.5$
- Wire Mesh: 7$
Dollarama specific Items:
- Krazy Glue: 4$
- Garden Shovel: 4$
- Saw: 4$
- Wood container for makeshift Saw Guide (for a straight cut): 3$
- Wd-40: 3.5$
- Garden patter: 4$
- Plant Cutter (for wire mesh): 2$
- Mask: 2$
- Gloves: 2$
- Tape Measure: 2$
- Measuring Cup: 3$
other:
Amazon Scale: 20$
Total: 81$
124$ for 450lbs worth of weight plates making it under 28Cents a pound,
with the price per pound decreasing exponentially the more weight you make
given that you only need to buy more concrete mix and PVC pipe the more you make
while every other item is a reusable one time purchase.
Optional items to make life easier:
Amazon plate mold: 65$
Small Tarp: 2$
Dollarama Number sticker for weight indication: 2$
Amazon 2inch diameter PVC Pipe Cutter: 40$
which, if you bought all of those to make your life easier, the cost for 450lbs
of weight plates would be 214$ Which would STILL BE CHEAP, at under 48cents per pound
while weights are currently at 2-3$ a pound making them typically cost anywhere from
900$-1,350$ for 450lbs of weight plates.
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