What Does Your Woody Look Like??? v3.0

Yep, we've gotten to 3

Forearm Farm 2.0 is live!

Charlie Swrote:

Forearm Farm 2.0 is live!

Put covers on the lights. The first time you headbutt a florescent tube and it shatters all over you sucks....been there. 

Sweet setup, btw. 

They’re actually LEDs in a T8 lightbulb shape.

Charlie Swrote:

They’re actually LEDs in a T8 lightbulb shape.

SO you have to move the plants when you climb?

Progress on the dream wall. I'm a little late to the party... then again, COVID is currently raging in my area, so it still counts, right?

Oh great wisdom of the internet, I have a question:

I built a 40 degree wall in my shed a few months ago, and I have recently noticed that nearly all of the holds have become loose. This includes bolt ons and screw ons. This is confusing, because I cranked them on at first. More concerning, some of the structural screws, that is, those holding the wall together, have also loosened. Is this a temperature thing? For context, zero humidity, but we get freezing temps at night and 70s during the day. Am I climbing too dynamically? For context, I have zero technique. I have re-tightened everything, but will this issue recur? Do I just need to include some t-wrench reps as part of my warm up?

And here's a pic, not because it will help, but because.

drewpwrote:

Oh great wisdom of the internet, I have a question:

I built a 40 degree wall in my shed a few months ago, and I have recently noticed that nearly all of the holds have become loose. This includes bolt ons and screw ons. This is confusing, because I cranked them on at first. More concerning, some of the structural screws, that is, those holding the wall together, have also loosened. Is this a temperature thing? For context, zero humidity, but we get freezing temps at night and 70s during the day. Am I climbing too dynamically? For context, I have zero technique. I have re-tightened everything, but will this issue recur? Do I just need to include some t-wrench reps as part of my warm up?

And here's a pic, not because it will help, but because.

This is normal. T nuts need some time to set/occasional retightening after installation, and temperature differences can also cause this. I've had the same issue on my outdoor board over the course of different seasons.

Edit: I didn't have that problem with wood screws though, only with bolts.

If you live below the equator you need reverse threaded screws, otherwise the earth's rotation will loosen everything. 

Thoughts? Any ideas to improve?

Julian H wrote:

Add some grapefruit 

I would cut a pumpkin in half to add some sloppers. 

Pierre Proulxwrote:

I would cut a pumpkin in half to add some sloppers. 

Sloppers...so you leave the cut half facing out?

Charlie Swrote:

Forearm Farm 2.0 is live!

What are the angles of those walls and how much space is there between the tops? And does the lower angle wall ever get in the way while climbing on the steeper one? I'm considering a similar sort of design, but I don't know how little space between walls I can get away with.

How big of an area are you all padding under a moonboard? I have 4 pads that add up to 10’x12’ padding underneath it.

Dirt Squirrel, I have 8 x 10 under my Moonboard but 10 x 12 would definitely be better. And really I feel that 10 length and 12 wide would be best.  Never missed the back but even sliding mine to the side for wild last moves I have missed the side. 

scnwrote:

Dirt Squirrel, I have 8 x 10 under my Moonboard but 10 x 12 would definitely be better. And really I feel that 10 length and 12 wide would be best.  Never missed the back but even sliding mine to the side for wild last moves I have missed the side. 

I just went ahead and got a 12x12 padded area.

Anybody got any tips for making holds stay put? I have wood tension board holds. My bolts keep coming loose. I’ve put set screws in every hold, but the holds still feel a bit loose at times.

Vanilla Drilla From Manilawrote:

Anybody got any tips for making holds stay put? I have wood tension board holds. My bolts keep coming loose. I’ve put set screws in every hold, but the holds still feel a bit loose at times.

Tighten them! Wood (both holds and plywood) expands and contracts with changes in humidity and temperature. So some loosening is expected. Put some anti-seize on the bolts to help keep everything moving and avoid spinners.

Nkane 1wrote:

Tighten them! Wood (both holds and plywood) expands and contracts with changes in humidity and temperature. So some loosening is expected. Put some anti-seize on the bolts to help keep everything moving and avoid spinners.

That’s probably what I’ll have to do, blue loctite 

I painted my wall. Even after letting it dry for a couple of weeks, the holds are stuck to the paint pretty well and do not spin. To the point that I could remove the bolt and most of the plastic holds would still support body weight. My syn-rock holds don’t stick quite like that. I don’t have wooden holds so not sure if wood would stick.

I also found that painting my wall fixed my loose holds problem. Con is I have to whack them with something to get them off if I want to move them.