What does your Woody look like???
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I live in a little apartment in the middle of the city, so this is the best I could do. Im adding some pinches this afternoon because at this point that is the only grip position I cant train on my current setup. I put the weight bench behind the boards to simulate overhangs and move from bottom board to top, or just use it like a regular hangboard. Been extremely happy with this setup. Before I put the simulator on there, I called it the Beastmaker 3000. This setup, plus my rowing machine has made me go up a full number grade over the winter. |
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Couloirman wrote: I live in a little apartment in the middle of the city, so this is the best I could do. Im adding some pinches this afternoon because at this point that is the only grip position I cant train on my current setup. I put the weight bench behind the boards to simulate overhangs and move from bottom board to top, or just use it like a regular hangboard. Been extremely happy with this setup. Before I put the simulator on there, I called it the Beastmaker 3000. This setup, plus my rowing machine has made me go up a full number grade over the winter.Hey Couloirman, your set up looks great! I'm curious, how stable is it? Did you use any bolts or just screws? Also, is it anchored in to any supporting structure? Also, (last question, I promise) how long are the base beams and the angled beams? I've been working on a freestanding hangboard myself and I opted to avoid the center vertical beam and go with a bit more of a box-like structure. Unfortunately, it ended up being more complicated than I anticipated and though I'm not finished, I'm questioning the final stability so I'm thinking about scrapping it and building one nearly identical to yours. |
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I got the idea from Eric Horst's book 'Flash Training' where he lays out good plans for the very same free standing frame. |
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So I finally finished my self standing hangboard. The whole project took way longer and was more expensive that I initially imagined but oh well. On the front side I am using a beastmaker board. The backside contains 5 t nut placements mostly for training different size pinches. There is also a pulley system to take off weight of course and there is plenty of space on the vertical beams to add more plywood. I have an nicros warrior board that I am going to add eventually for warming up because right now the easiest hold is a deep pocket on the beastmaker. |
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Im thinking of adding a few volumes to my wall this fall. |
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I like the enclosed 'side walls' to it. better than just a flat hanging board of plywood. |
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Jason Gilbert wrote:Im thinking of adding a few volumes to my wall this fall. Anyone with good directions, links or plans? I want to add a couple triangle shapes and maybe a 3 or 4 sided fang.Hey Jason - After looking at the wall a simple Triangle volume might add a-lot to your set-up. They are really easy to build and when I built mine it went by really quick. If you look at this photo here: mountainproject.com/v/andy_… you can see the first volume I built for one of my walls that is similar to yours. -All I did was measure out the top triangle piece to the size that I want it (about 10"x10"x10"). -Then I measured out one of the sides (2ft long, 10" tall, solve for angle). Also it helps to use one of the corners in sheet of plywood to help keep it a true right angle. -The third piece is actually the same as the other side except it is 1/2" or 3/4" shorter on the side that touches the top triangle (ie the thickness of the wood. -Screw each piece together into the seams. For extra stability get some angle brackets and put them on the inside. - Trim down the sides that will touch the wall to make it more flush. -Sand it so that it is nice to the touch - Mount with screws onto wall. More examples inspiration: motavationvolumes.com/produ… boloclimbing.com/volumes.htm |
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Just finished my little proj here in the g'rage! Took about two months worth of tinkering from start to finish... problem solving every step of the way. |
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Does the dog do 5.11 routes? |
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She says she's ready to lead, but I'm still a bit weary... Too easily distracted by chipmunks, plus she has no thumbs and is a dog. |
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Hey All, |
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For a while now I wanted to hold a competition on my home woody and invite a bunch of friends over to climb and drink beer. |
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Finally got this thing about done. All of the photos in this thread were helpful in planning, Thanks! If anyone in the Denver area is looking to get rid of a queen mattress, I could use some more padding. |
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Wow nice Carl. How tall are those walls? |
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Chris Plesko wrote:Wow nice Carl. How tall are those walls?Thanks. The ceiling in my garage is a few inches shy of 12 feet. I put up some photos/details of the build in a thread I started on 14ers.com looking for some bug free mattresses 14ers.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.… |
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Carl Dowdy wrote:Finally got this thing about done. All of the photos in this thread were helpful in planningLooks really good! Pretty crazy that you had to put in all of those 2x10 joists in the ceiling but the pictures of the transformation is pretty cool. I would give you a mattress that I am not using anymore but from that height I don't think it will be very good (been used a lot for landing and the padding is pretty much done leaving some hard landings on the springs). Good luck with it. ps. Also since you have limited holds you might want to build a triangle volume or two with any scraps that you have. Easy way to make a cool feature and put small holds on it to save $. |
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