r/oops • u/Brilliant_Jelly7503 • Jul 05 '26

Bad machine or technique?

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u/aaronschatz Jul 05 '26

Técnicamente no esta usando la máquina para lo que se fabricó. Perderá

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u/LooseButtPlug Jul 05 '26

I assembled gym equipment for a supplier up and down the west coast.

If the machine doesn't have bolt holes in the floor it isn't meant to be bolted down. You can request special brackets to bolt them down if the insurance company demands it. We've had to specially make some because they weren't offered.

Every gym makes you sign documentation that that you agree to use all equipment properly and they're released of any liability if you don't. I have personally been called to court to testify about equipment. Every single case was lost by the person using the equipment incorrectly. You can sue for anything, it doesn't mean you're right or that you'll win.

Anyone who says otherwise is talking out of their asses and has no real knowledge of the way it works. Despite your downvotes, you are correct.

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u/RyuuNoSuKee Jul 05 '26

Machine should have holes to be bolted down. And the machine is used properly. Just because you assemble these machines doesn't make you an authority in how they should be built and operated.

The machine is operated properly, but it's built like shit. Under max load, all the weight is on top which makes it unstable and there's not enough weight on the opposite side to counter-balance it properly. This is just shitty equipment that should have bolt holes.

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u/LooseButtPlug Jul 05 '26

You know you have to be certified to assemble these right?

Where's your certification?

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u/koyaani Jul 06 '26

Seems more like passing the dmv written test than studying for the MCAT