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toprope_media
Mar 22, 2002, 5:56 PM
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I am in the process of building a freestanding hang board.
Has anyone built anything like this? Any input would be appreciated. I still haven't bought the wood, but I planned to scale down a standard, freestanding climbing wall design. A big A-frame with padded arms. I live in an apartment and can't drill the walls but would love to do some arm work at home.
Thanks. TR
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litedawg
Mar 22, 2002, 6:42 PM
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There is a sweet board described in the book "How to Climb 5.12"
It is called "the machine". There is a couple of diagrams and a good description of how to build and use the beast.
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rockjunky
Mar 24, 2002, 10:45 PM
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Well I built a climbing wall in my apartment with 8 ft ceilings. I used 4x4's in the courners and framed it like a wall. I had 3 freestanding framed walls and a roof. The fourth wall is on hinges which can be locked into the ceiling to change the angles. I have a sweet wall but never use it. My advise is to mount a training board above your bedroom door and save your money. I dropped alot of money and wasted time building. All its good for anymore is a conversation piece.
[ This Message was edited by: rockjunky on 2002-03-24 14:48 ]
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crackaddict
Mar 24, 2002, 11:40 PM
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I just posted a few pictures of my freestanding adjustable crack wall. Its Sunday so they probably won't be on my page till Monday. Check it out. It works good but the only prob is it is not big enough for much climbing. But it works for campusing. I am planning to add to it and change it a little. Maybe some texturing and some more wall.
Later.
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miagi
Mar 25, 2002, 10:13 PM
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If you get a sheet of plywood with those wood hangboards screwed into it, that would work. Make it free standing by putting some support beams at the bottom of the plywood and nail 4 thicker pieces of wood in a horse like pattern.
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bigevilgrape
Mar 25, 2002, 11:23 PM
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a freestanding hang bored would be cool. i live in a dorm room so i can't put anything into the walls it would help to make up for my lack of climbing.
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beyond_gravity
Mar 25, 2002, 11:46 PM
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I just hung mine off the wall. so I can adjust the angle. but it does swing you you need a wide base.
Campus On,
Jeremy
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toprope_media
Mar 26, 2002, 12:30 PM
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Well, I built it this weekend. Bigger than I expected but cool. It is basically a scaled down wall. Two ply wood handy—panels attached to the back of two 2x4 triangles. It has adjustable angles. The panels are on the upper and lower ends of the back panel. It is about 8 feet tall. So, you can hang on the hangboard and practice footwork with the footholds on the bottom panel. I carpeted the arms. It looks pretty cool and my apartment smells like wood. (that is not a bad thing) All in all, it came out far better than I expected. I may design a pattern if anyone in interested. I will email it to you.
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