How to Make a Ballet Barre

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How to Make a Ballet Barre

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Make your own ballet barre out of pvc! You can take it apart, so you can easily transport it from place to place.

Supplies

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1.6in diameter pvc

A 68.625in

metal bar

Paint(optional)

2 corner pvc pieces

2 T pvc pieces

Prepping the Metal Bar

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Take off any bolts on the metal bar, if you cannot unscrew them, then cut off that part of the bar.

Cut the Pieces

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Cut the lengths of pvc to:

Two 41in pieces

four 9in pieces

One 67.375in piece

Assemble

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Put one of the 41 in pieces into the middle part of one of the Ts. Repeat.

Put one 9 in piece into each side of the T, repeat, you should now have 2 pvc Ts

Put a corner piece on each one of the Ts, on one of the 9 in pieces secure the 67.375 in piece between the corner pieces, it should look like the image

Add the Bar

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Then add the pipe, so both ends go into the pvc, it should look like the image

Paint(optional)

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Spray paint it and the wait for it to dry.

Congratulations!, you now have a ballet barre!