Wow Judge, I dont even know where to start. But I seriously just laughed so hard at that.

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I wish I had pictures of the ones I made for Stazi




From what I understand it couldnt of been that great if stazi ended up builing his own. So he told me.

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one right hand thread and one left hand thread so you could adjust tension and then lock it in




Yup same here, such a genious concept huh?


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The end brackets were .125" steel




Another tough concept, steel for the end plates... Same here

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The bar was 5/8" 6061 T6 Aluminum drilled and tapped accordingly




Wow, exactly what I used as well

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the one I made is alot stronger than the one in the GB and yes...I am a welder and machinist....




Back up what you say or shut up. What you just explained is almost identical to what I made. My welder does a very good job, for this particular work, its not rocket science.

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and I break stuff for a living so I know how to deal with tensile strength of materials.....




Its funny that you say that, becuase so do I. I am a test technician/ engineer for TFS. So dont try to talk to me about tensile strenths and what not.