Hey, all, new user. Been into woodworking for awhile but just finally getting the space setup to do it!
Recently I bought a wall-mounted power rack for weightlifting, and was planning to mount in an unfinished shed with 24" OC studs of mystery wood.
The rack comes with steel stringer boards set up for 16" OC stud spacing, so I made 2x12 fir stringers to mount the kit on, ensuring a minimum of 4 studs are securing the rack. The included rack is only compatible with 3/8" lag screws.
Here's the part where I screwed up:
For some reason, even though I knew better, I piloted a hole at 3/8" instead of 15/64", causing the screws not to thread. Not just once, but 8 times for every pilot hole for the bottom stringer board.
To correct this, I drilled a 1/2" hole with a standard bit and then used TiteBond III to secure some 1/2" oak dowel hammered fully in to the formerly (too big) pilot hole. (In the studs, not the board)
Unfortunately, my space heater doesn't seem to want to keep up in my uninsulated shed and I'm concerned the glue may not cure properly in the studs.
I need to use the exact same screw placement in the studs as the previous holes I repaired for this rack to work, I cannot shift up or down, left, or right.: Am I all-good to just pilot new holes and screw in 3/8"s lag bolts directly into the 1/2" dowel repairs (like you would for a door hinge repair or similar), or will the dowel repair make it significantly weaker in this use-case?
Seemingly the answer is, "of course it will be fine" but, I only feel the need to ask this because it's my family's safety that could be affected if I did something wrong.
Most of the time, the rack will be out and the weight will be distributed downwards through the (4) 3x3 11ga steel uprights, but when folded, I am concerned if this will have any meaningful effect or not.
Thanks for the help! I can be a bit long-winded so I appreciate you reading my post
happy to be a part of the community!
Recently I bought a wall-mounted power rack for weightlifting, and was planning to mount in an unfinished shed with 24" OC studs of mystery wood.
The rack comes with steel stringer boards set up for 16" OC stud spacing, so I made 2x12 fir stringers to mount the kit on, ensuring a minimum of 4 studs are securing the rack. The included rack is only compatible with 3/8" lag screws.
Here's the part where I screwed up:
For some reason, even though I knew better, I piloted a hole at 3/8" instead of 15/64", causing the screws not to thread. Not just once, but 8 times for every pilot hole for the bottom stringer board.
To correct this, I drilled a 1/2" hole with a standard bit and then used TiteBond III to secure some 1/2" oak dowel hammered fully in to the formerly (too big) pilot hole. (In the studs, not the board)
Unfortunately, my space heater doesn't seem to want to keep up in my uninsulated shed and I'm concerned the glue may not cure properly in the studs.
I need to use the exact same screw placement in the studs as the previous holes I repaired for this rack to work, I cannot shift up or down, left, or right.: Am I all-good to just pilot new holes and screw in 3/8"s lag bolts directly into the 1/2" dowel repairs (like you would for a door hinge repair or similar), or will the dowel repair make it significantly weaker in this use-case?
Seemingly the answer is, "of course it will be fine" but, I only feel the need to ask this because it's my family's safety that could be affected if I did something wrong.
Most of the time, the rack will be out and the weight will be distributed downwards through the (4) 3x3 11ga steel uprights, but when folded, I am concerned if this will have any meaningful effect or not.
Thanks for the help! I can be a bit long-winded so I appreciate you reading my post
happy to be a part of the community!
