WTS: 3D printed climbing holds

During quarantine I built a climbing wall and 3d printed my own climbing holds as a cheap alternative to buying full price from manufacturers. I decided to start selling them on etsy and have a few variations currently available with more on the way soon. If you're interested in getting some great holds at an even better price, head over to my etsy page at this link and check them out: etsy.com/shop/3DClimbing

Also any suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanks!

how hard have you screwed the bolts in? i usually really crank with an impact driver to mount holds cause spinners suck.

i personally wouldn't buy these. maybe use the printer to print casts, take a silicone mold and then use normal PU to make holds.

chris bwrote: how hard have you screwed the bolts in? i usually really crank with an impact driver to mount holds cause spinners suck.

i personally wouldn't buy these. maybe use the printer to print casts, take a silicone mold and then use normal PU to make holds.

I printed a bunch of tests and really got my settings really dialed in before I started selling them. I put a washer in with the bolt to help spread the load, and so far the holds have held up great to repeated bolting as I reset my wall about every week. I also hate spinners and I really crank these holds down with my impact driver and I haven't had any problems with cracking or breaking holds.

Quite honestly, I don't understand why there is hesitation from people above.  The seller has done their due diligence with testing out the printing via trial and error, is a climber themselves, and is including 8 holds + bolts for $30 shipped.  Since they have a washer included, which looks to be pretty securely snug, quite honestly I dont know why there would be issues with spinning - just crank on the bolt and teenut.  I just bought the last batch and hell if they break a few months later - at least I supported somebodies passion.  

Michael Atlaswrote: Quite honestly, I don't understand why there is hesitation from people above.  The seller has done their due diligence with testing out the printing via trial and error, is a climber themselves, and is including 8 holds + bolts for $30 shipped.  Since they have a washer included, which looks to be pretty securely snug, quite honestly I dont know why there would be issues with spinning - just crank on the bolt and teenut.  I just bought the last batch and hell if they break a few months later - at least I supported somebodies passion.  

Thanks for your order! I hope you like the holds!

To clarify: not sure why etsy said there was only 1 left, these are being made to order and are still available!

Happy climbing!

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Cool idea! Would you accept special order CAD models? 

FYI, my holds arrived yesterday - in perfect condition.  Did a session on them and they seemed as solid as other manufactured holds.  

Phil Sakievichwrote: Cool idea! Would you accept special order CAD models? 

Yes I do, if you've got some ideas shoot me a PM here or on etsy and we can work something out!

Just placed an order for one of each set! Now I just have to finish building the wall...

Thomas, I am not innovative enough to help design new holds, but if you can make some larger holds, you'd have a repeat buyer here.  

Michael Atlaswrote: Thomas, I am not innovative enough to help design new holds, but if you can make some larger holds, you'd have a repeat buyer here.  

Ok gotcha, I can absolutely do custom orders, just send me a pm and we can get to talking about what you'd like to see in terms of holds

Thomas Zennerwrote:

Ok gotcha, I can absolutely do custom orders, just send me a pm and we can get to talking about what you'd like to see in terms of holds

I’ll try to PM you tonight. 

Hey Thomas, is the material durable enough for you to start producing some larger holds?  Would love to see larger pinches or jugs or pockets, as long as they are durable enough to withstand some horizontal roof tensioning.  BTW love the little crimps and foot jibs that you produced so far...those things are pretty slick which makes them a little more interesting to adjust to and a nice variation from other more textured holds.  

Michael Atlaswrote: Hey Thomas, is the material durable enough for you to start producing some larger holds?  Would love to see larger pinches or jugs or pockets, as long as they are durable enough to withstand some horizontal roof tensioning.  BTW love the little crimps and foot jibs that you produced so far...those things are pretty slick which makes them a little more interesting to adjust to and a nice variation from other more textured holds.  

I am beginning to experiment with creating some larger pinches. So far they seem to be doing pretty well, but are also pretty slick which can be a good thing for training in my opinion. Makes you're movement more precise and calculated. Glad you're enjoying the holds!

Thomas Zennerwrote:

I am beginning to experiment with creating some larger pinches. So far they seem to be doing pretty well, but are also pretty slick which can be a good thing for training in my opinion. Makes you're movement more precise and calculated. Glad you're enjoying the holds!

Can you share some pics?  Also, I noticed that the crimps had a little bit of texture on the top via an x pattern.  Any chance you  can make the x a bit "deeper" and this would artificially add a little extra friction?

Michael Atlaswrote:

Can you share some pics?  Also, I noticed that the crimps had a little bit of texture on the top via an x pattern.  Any chance you  can make the x a bit "deeper" and this would artificially add a little extra friction?

I will try to post some pics when I've got some better prototypes. As for the texture on the crimps, as I remember that texture is mostly on the side parallel to the wall (not being pulled on by you the climber), this texture is a result of 3d printing rather than an intended feature. This texture would be hard to replicate on the side that you actually use as a climbing hold, however I am also playing around with doing that. This seems a little ineffective from my testing thus far as it drastically increases print time (think higher cost for you) and reduces the overall durability of the part. The next thing I'd like to explore is adding a texture on top of the 3d print as some other non plastic medium. 

Bump. What colors besides the current white and yellow would you guys like to see? 

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Got the bigger holds in stock yet thomas?