What does your Woody look like??? 2.0

Not a true woody, but adjustable 12 foot crack. Goes from rattly finger to just over fist. Ratchet strapped it to a palm tree for the perfect splitter or lay it down on some sawhorses for a roof problem. 

Caveman Y wrote: What texture did you guys apply to the cracks? I left mine as smoothly sanded pine and can’t seem to get much purchase.

Latex paint + sand.

Monty wrote: Here’s another Tension Board for the thread. Mine is fully adjustable from 20* to 50*. We got our pads from Asana which are 12” thick. Much like Greg Koeppen’s adjustable setup, I used a 2100 lb hoist but mounted it to the ground and used a pulley to adjust the board. Once adjusted, the board rests on chains. We contemplated climbing on the hoist, but I was always a bit uneasy about that.  The room I built the board in has concrete under the carpet so I bolted the hoist to the ground with 1/2” by 7” expansion bolts. The ladders allow you to adjust the length of the chains. For one person to adjust the board’s angle from 20-45* takes about 2 minutes.  

My build is way overkill, but I’m a mathematician and prefer to over do everything :)

Here’s the final product:

Drilling the holes: you can stack all three panels and use a drill guide to drill 90% of the holds. Just make note of the subtle differences between the three panels. This makes drilling all the holes a lot easier/quicker.

The support for the board:

Loads? My neighbor was nice enough to throw my design into solid works. He found that with a 200 lb climber and 450 lb wall there would only be 475 lbs of force on the chains at 45*. 

The hoist mounted in the kicker:

Getting the expansion bolts lined up was tricky but it worked like a charm!

6’ piano hinge and the finished kicker:
From here, we flipped the wall portion and used the hoist to line up the hinge and he wall. Then simply hoisted it into the air.

She’s up!

Climbing before the pads arrived:

Merry Christmas!

We’ve been really psyched with the board and the holds but like Eric K said, the ratings in the app are a bit misleading. I typically climb v7/8  in a few tries but have only sent one v6 and that took a lot of work. Not a big deal, just something to be aware of.  The LED kit works great and wasn’t too terrible to install either aside from the threading that Owen referred to.  I agree that the LEDs are mandatory.

 It took me about 7 hours to put all of the holds on the wall. With that being said though, the folks at Tension did a great job labeling all of the holds and the install was very straight forward — just tedious. We typically adjust our board once every session. We like to warm up at 20* the  dependending on what we are feeling, we will adjust it from there. I really like climbing the problems at 20*, but that could be because I’m more of a route climber than a boulderer. The workouts I’ve had so far have left me sore for days!

Specialty items:
- Hoist
- Hinge (free shipping)

Hi Monty,

Board looks great, getting ready to do something similar...  I'm curious, what was your motivation for placing the hoist on the floor versus the ceiling?

Cheers,
David

Optimistic wrote:

Hi Monty,

Board looks great, getting ready to do something similar...  I'm curious, what was your motivation for placing the hoist on the floor versus the ceiling?

Cheers,
David

Thanks David, good luck on the build. I’m happy to send you some of the plans I drew up if you want. We’ve been really happy with the adjustability and the Tension holds.

I put the hoist on the floor for a couple reasons:
1. It was close to an outlet.
2. The remote is on a 5 ft cord. 
3. I had more room on the ground than on my ceiling.
4. Probably the most important reason: having the hoist on the ground forces the cable to always pull on the hoist in the orientation it was designed for. If you mounted it on the ceiling, it would need to be able to pivot to accommodate the changing angles of the board.

Monty wrote:

Thanks David, good luck on the build. I’m happy to send you some of the plans I drew up if you want. We’ve been really happy with the adjustability and the Tension holds.

I put the hoist on the floor for a couple reasons:
1. It was close to an outlet.
2. The remote is on a 5 ft cord. 
3. I had more room on the ground than on my ceiling.
4. Probably the most important reason: having the hoist on the ground forces the cable to always pull on the hoist in the orientation it was designed for. If you mounted it on the ceiling, it would need to be able to pivot to accommodate the changing angles of the board.

Thanks Monty, and it would be great to take a look at your plans, I'll PM you... David 

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Awesome work on that board. I encountered both issues with the hoist.First short power cord, simple solution extension cord.Second very short remote: similar solution, if you take the remote apart it will look like 3 or 4

 wires running into it. Just purchase another extension cord/wires of a similar awg and connect it up

It ended up being pretty simple

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Awesome work on that board. I encountered both issues with the hoist.First short power cord, simple solution extension cord.Second very short remote: similar solution, if you take the remote apart it will look like 3 or 4

 wires running into it. Just purchase another extension cord/wires of a similar awg and connect it up

It ended up being pretty simple

What about the pivoting issue Monty mentions? I noticed that in the hoist link Monty posted, the installation they picture has the hoist on a pair of metal straps over a steel rod, presumably to allow for some play in the system.

60 degree wall that we built over the weekend. Needs some more holds, but a good start so far. 

I have not had any issues with the pivoting issue, but I did remove the safety stop.  It was useless as my wall will run into the ceiling before hitting the safety stop.

here's our home wall.  we call it the A.  30ft wide by 12ft tall; 45 degrees to 40 degrees.  1,700 holds.  it's a mix of new-school brands like flat hold and kilter with hard-to-find classics from brands like stone age and pusher.  the possibilities for problems are endless.  #yousucktryharder

That's a lot of holds!

1700 holds !! Wow I can't imaging putting all of those up, just me 150-200 took like 8 hours.

Do you ever reset the wall?

randy baum wrote: here's our home wall.

#winning

Do you NEED to paint a woody? Does it just make the wall look nice or does it have a practical application?

I did not paint mine and it works out well. I didnt want to risk having the paint peel up when I move holds around. 

Not needed on green-treated wood. More so on non-treated wood. Depends on the environment, but paint will help to protect from moisture and your wood(y) will last longer.

Mine is outside in Minnesota, green treated wood, and no paint. Less than a year old though. 

no paint on mine in the garage very humid south east. Only one year old no issues

This thread has been quiet for too long, finished my backyard wall a bit ago. Its now tarped and has more holds and I have a second crash pad that I often put down. Set at about 30 degrees. Used all treated lumber.

Is it freestanding