Personal Series Plate Loaded Lat Pulldown Machine

We purchased this for as a present for my son. He says that the machine works really well. We use 1 inch plates but with the included adaptors you can also use 2 inch plates. I tested it out as I built it and it does indeed seem excellent and very good value for the money.

Shipping was quite expensive, but the box was almost 60 pounds and very unwieldy for one person so that is to be expected.

While this was a gift and my son is using it, I was the one that built it. It was fairly easy to do and having a ratchet and socket along with a wrench made dealing with the bolts much easier.

I can’t remember how long it took me to put together, but definitely under two hours and that was going slowly and by myself. I set all the bolts out to begin with, and it initially looked like I was missing some, but it turns out that some of the bolts are already attached to the parts of the machine, so even though it may look like you have less than you need, everything is there.

Putting it together was very easy. I was a bit concerned about how the cables would run, but following the diagrams worked really well. The instructions themselves are basically just two exploded images and while I was able to figure things out, a minor suggestion would be to re-create them as a step-by-step process.

I have attached some photos of the build process and end result.

Also, we had a bit of an issue with a cable due to user error once everything was built, and the team was wonderful about helping…