What does your Woody look like??? 2.0

2016 Moonboard setup with 2ft of extra space on either side for larger holds.

I finished it today! The construction any way. 

If anybody in the Boulder area is interested - I have some excess foam I bought from foam factory to use as padding.  Looking to unload it and just get it out of the way to I would let it go super cheap - let me know!

Got it painted this afternoon. Real happy. Need to figure out padding now. 

Love the giant slopers.  I tend to end up with a lot of small holds because I get sticker shock when I see the prices of bigger holds.  But sometimes it’s worth it!

Getting some stuff set up. The 20° overhang is way harder than I expected. The big jugs and slopers really are the only things I can hang on. The good deal crimps and micro jugs will have to wait. Relearning how to keep my hips in helps. 

Finally finished my climbing wall this weekend. It was far more work than I imagined to create a free standing, adjustable wall. It’s been quite the journey - about 2 months from planning to completion and there are still some finishing touches I need to do. Here are the details:

• 12’ x 12’
• Adjustable - from +5 degrees to 45 degree overhang, in 5 degree increments 
• Hilariously heavy on the ground, but manageable when adjusting the angle

I created the original set of plans myself, after researching this forum and many other designs I found online. I wanted something free standing to avoid any code related and HOA related issues around having a permanent structure. After I was happy with my overall plan, I contacted an engineering firm locally here to review and help ensure the plans would be safe to climb on. Almost every home wall build I’ve seen has the big disclaimer “I’m not an engineer but it’s probably safe” - and I really wanted to make sure it was going to be safe for family and friends. It was helpful to have some extra detail to go off of since I don’t have any framing experience. I’ll say this - don’t attempt a build like this without a healthy collection of tools =)

A couple other details - the entire wall pivots on two bolts, which go through the wall and attached post, and locks in with 2 other bolts near the bottom on either end at the appropriate angle.

Indoor Climberwrote:

A couple other details - the entire wall pivots on two bolts, which go through the wall and attached post, and locks in with 2 other bolts near the bottom on either end at the appropriate angle.

Geez where did you get those bolts? I thought they were drum sticks at first. Impressive. 

Phil, I got them from mcmaster.com, an industrial supplier- I was actually inspired by your design that I saw, with the metal pipe!

And yea, no quick release on those bottom bolts haha - I’m also going to have a chain as a safety in the event of a failure somewhere, and anchor it in to a concrete post.

Still need to sand off a bunch of the splinters on the wood and paint over the screws... some minor stuff but it’s close to 100%. Waiting for the padding to arrive before setting anything really difficult.

Indoor Climberwrote:

Phil, I got them from mcmaster.com, an industrial supplier- I was actually inspired by your design that I saw, with the metal pipe!

And yea, no quick release on those bottom bolts haha - I’m also going to have a chain as a safety in the event of a failure somewhere, and anchor it in to a concrete post.

Still need to sand off a bunch of the splinters on the wood and paint over the screws... some minor stuff but it’s close to 100%. Waiting for the padding to arrive before setting anything really difficult.

Awesome! Glad to hear my wall provided some inspiration. I see some improvements that I will likely incorporate into my next build. Great job!

Our wall is about 80% done now(Took forever). 30° wall, 16° little section by the door, 10° Slab, and vertical section with an uneven crack. Still going to paint and texture(at the least the bottom half for smearing) the slab wall to keep from getting osb splinters. Haven’t decided if we’ll paint the pine walls yet. And I need to cut a few pieces to connect the top of the slab to the 16° section. Also for the side of the overhang(and need to make a door/wall for the storage area.) just ordered more T-nuts and 10lbs of Blem holds from escape Climbing so to make more routes and finish those last sections. Those came yesterday so I set about 7 easy routes for us to start climbing on, plus a few easy routes for my daughter to climb. Excited to make some more volumes after I get the other stuff done. We’re both pretty weak so the volumes are especially helpful for making crimps useable on the overhang.

(30° and 16°)

(10° and Crack)

(New Comestic Blem holds from Escape Climbing) 

Really love the giant black and red holds from Friction, they’re the hoof jug XXL and Jurassic Jugs XXL I believe(sizes might be wrong but those are the series). Super great quality holds most of the blemishes are super minor and the holds feel great. 

Is there a good place to get discounted holds? I'm about to build a little 4x8 wall for my daughter to attach to her play house.  It'll end up costing me 4 bones if I bought new from Atomik.

Mike Swrote:

Is there a good place to get discounted holds? I'm about to build a little 4x8 wall for my daughter to attach to her play house.  It'll end up costing me 4 bones if I bought new from Atomik.

Atomik is great, but they’re expensive. In the post above you I just talked about ordering factory second holds from Escape climbing. The quality is great and they will do their best to accommodate your requests. I would recommend ordering 15-20lbs of holds from them. 15lbs of holds is $161. Just request the difficulty level you desire and maybe specify its for a vertical kids wall. Tell them I sent you! (Jk, don’t do that, they have no idea who I am, haha)

Oh the first holds we got were the So Ill bolt on 55pc bolt on stater back. They’re about $160 new. They would be good for a kid on a vertical wall. They’re mostly mini jugs/ledges and a few pinches, also matching smallish foot holds. They’re pretty hard for an overhang but my daughter easily climbs on them on the vertical and slab walls. They’re not extremely interesting or varied, but they would be perfect for a vertical kids wall and at a good price!

Indoor Climberwrote:

Finally finished my climbing wall this weekend. It was far more work than I imagined to create a free standing, adjustable wall. It’s been quite the journey - about 2 months from planning to completion and there are still some finishing touches I need to do. Here are the details:

• 12’ x 12’
• Adjustable - from +5 degrees to 45 degree overhang, in 5 degree increments 
• Hilariously heavy on the ground, but manageable when adjusting the angle

I created the original set of plans myself, after researching this forum and many other designs I found online. I wanted something free standing to avoid any code related and HOA related issues around having a permanent structure. After I was happy with my overall plan, I contacted an engineering firm locally here to review and help ensure the plans would be safe to climb on. Almost every home wall build I’ve seen has the big disclaimer “I’m not an engineer but it’s probably safe” - and I really wanted to make sure it was going to be safe for family and friends. It was helpful to have some extra detail to go off of since I don’t have any framing experience. I’ll say this - don’t attempt a build like this without a healthy collection of tools =)

How deep are you post? Or you just bury a few deck Blocks?

My moonboard with one set of moon holds plus mirrored wood holds for warming up or working symmetrically. Painted a mural on it because that blank surface was calling to me. (Art is The Great Wave by Hokusai).

Nolan Yahok wrote:

My previous comment was unhelpful.

The tails of your trusses I assume weren't designed to take the thrust force they are now taking. The member you removed was the bearing surface. Now your rafter tail is the bearing surface, which is probably much less. You may want to double up the tails of your trusses as well.

Just a thought. A lot of books on roof design won't show you this solution because it's stupid for a normal house... However, with a collar as well, it forms a natural arch

and you can add a couple of braces into the wall too...

One the side of the building that doesn't have your 30-40 degree woody, you can end up with a nice 15-20 degree wall that is also a structural part of the building.

Just hung some draws to practice clipping while pumped.

Thanks to all for the advice. I ended up getting holds from Rocky Mountain Climbing Gear.  Here’s the end result: