Homemade CrossFit Rings

I will post more pics when they are finished but this is the first stages.

It helps that I have access to welders, torches, heavy machinery, etc,  and a brother that has his certifications for just about anything that has to do with metal. 

We used a 1 inch rod (oilfield scrap metal) tacked it to a 5 1/2 inch diameter piece of casing(more oilfield scrap). 

We tacked the rod to the casing using the welder. With an acetylene torch we heated the rod red hot and bent  it around the casing.

Once the rod has been wrapped around the casing in 4 complete circles we used the cutting torch to cut the rod into four separate pieces.

After they are cut we slide the pieces off the end of the casing, mash the two end together with a bench vice and use the wire feed welder to tack the ends together.

This is NOT the finished product but its a start . New pics will be up within the next two or three days!

Overall cost probably is around 20 per set. mostly for the acetylene to heat the rod..