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edge
Mar 4, 2011, 9:18 PM
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I recently negotiated a trade at my local gym, volunteering to make some plywood volumes in exchange for membership.
The two volumes shown were made from materials that I had on hand, cabinet grade birch and mahogany plywood; the gym supplied the t-nuts. The largest measures 47" x 41" x 43" around the perimeter, with 17" of projection from the wall. Mounting will be accomplished with an internal 2" x 10" framing lumber drilled on site to hit 3 or more bolt holes, with additional perimeter screws (optional).
Many thanks to Meatbomz for the beta on the mounting method that he used in a similar project.
Once I get some additional (and cheaper!) 3/4" construction grade 3/4" ply, I will follow up with an article describing the process. Until then, has anyone else made a volume for their home or gym walls? Post pics if you have them.
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Gmburns2000
Mar 4, 2011, 9:25 PM
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edge wrote: I recently negotiated a trade at my local gym, volunteering to make some plywood volumes in exchange for membership. The two volumes shown were made from materials that I had on hand, cabinet grade birch and mahogany plywood; the gym supplied the t-nuts. The largest measures 47" x 41" x 43" around the perimeter, with 17" of projection from the wall. Mounting will be accomplished with an internal 2" x 10" framing lumber drilled on site to hit 3 or more bolt holes, with additional perimeter screws (optional). Many thanks to Meatbomz for the beta on the mounting method that he used in a similar project. Once I get some additional (and cheaper!) 3/4" construction grade 3/4" ply, I will follow up with an article describing the process. Until then, has anyone else made a volume for their home or gym walls? Post pics if you have them.
I have nothing to offer to the conversation except well done. Those look sweet!
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olderic
Mar 4, 2011, 10:01 PM
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Don't forget to remove the dog before bolting them to the wall.
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kazanthink
Mar 4, 2011, 10:06 PM
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the corgi is off
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Gmburns2000
Mar 4, 2011, 10:22 PM
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kazanthink wrote: the corgi is off
what? afraid of adventure are we?
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edge
Mar 5, 2011, 2:47 AM
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olderic wrote: Don't forget to remove the dog before bolting them to the wall.
She's my belayer. I got her a Grigri 2, so I am sure to be safe even though she is strictly a gym climber.
Gear trumps experience!
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kachoong
Mar 5, 2011, 6:17 PM
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edge wrote: I recently negotiated a trade at my local gym, volunteering to make some plywood volumes in exchange for membership. The two volumes shown were made from materials that I had on hand, cabinet grade birch and mahogany plywood; the gym supplied the t-nuts. The largest measures 47" x 41" x 43" around the perimeter, with 17" of projection from the wall. Mounting will be accomplished with an internal 2" x 10" framing lumber drilled on site to hit 3 or more bolt holes, with additional perimeter screws (optional). Many thanks to Meatbomz for the beta on the mounting method that he used in a similar project. Once I get some additional (and cheaper!) 3/4" construction grade 3/4" ply, I will follow up with an article describing the process. Until then, has anyone else made a volume for their home or gym walls? Post pics if you have them.
Those are pretty sweet, Edge. May I ask approx cost of the materials for the triangular one? I look forward to your article. I'd like to make a couple for my new home wall.
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meatbomz
Mar 5, 2011, 6:44 PM
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edge wrote: I recently negotiated a trade at my local gym, volunteering to make some plywood volumes in exchange for membership. The two volumes shown were made from materials that I had on hand, cabinet grade birch and mahogany plywood; the gym supplied the t-nuts. The largest measures 47" x 41" x 43" around the perimeter, with 17" of projection from the wall. Mounting will be accomplished with an internal 2" x 10" framing lumber drilled on site to hit 3 or more bolt holes, with additional perimeter screws (optional). Many thanks to Meatbomz for the beta on the mounting method that he used in a similar project. Once I get some additional (and cheaper!) 3/4" construction grade 3/4" ply, I will follow up with an article describing the process. Until then, has anyone else made a volume for their home or gym walls? Post pics if you have them.
Nice work! They really do change the way an area climbs and setting through them becomes a cool new challenge if you are bored with the same old gym walls.
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chossmonkey
Mar 6, 2011, 11:55 PM
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edge wrote: I recently negotiated a trade at my local gym, volunteering to make some plywood volumes in exchange for membership. The two volumes shown were made from materials that I had on hand, cabinet grade birch and mahogany plywood; the gym supplied the t-nuts. The largest measures 47" x 41" x 43" around the perimeter, with 17" of projection from the wall. Mounting will be accomplished with an internal 2" x 10" framing lumber drilled on site to hit 3 or more bolt holes, with additional perimeter screws (optional). [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/loransmith/Climbing/DSCN4964.jpg[/IMG] Many thanks to Meatbomz for the beta on the mounting method that he used in a similar project. Once I get some additional (and cheaper!) 3/4" construction grade 3/4" ply, I will follow up with an article describing the process. Until then, has anyone else made a volume for their home or gym walls? Post pics if you have them.
Do a search n00b!
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...post=1967801#1967801
I know there are a couple other threads. Please stop adding to the clutter of this site with your repeat threads.
Thanx
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edge
Mar 7, 2011, 6:39 PM
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kachoong wrote: Those are pretty sweet, Edge. May I ask approx cost of the materials for the triangular one? I look forward to your article. I'd like to make a couple for my new home wall.
You can make the large pyramid from a half sheet of 3/4" plywood ripped lengthwise to 2' x 8'. At an approximate cost of $30/sheet, you could make two and then have 4 right triangle offcuts to make a third, four sided pyramid.
To make a volume from a 2' x 8' sheet, mark one side at 0", 48" and 96". Mark the opposing side at 24" and 72". Draw lines from 0 to 24, 24 to 48, 48 to 72, and then 72 to 96. This gives you three equal sized triangles and two smaller offcuts.
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edge
Mar 25, 2011, 7:04 PM
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The latest creation is a 4' x 3' x 20" deep feature made from some leftover plywood scraps provided by the gym. Major PITA working around existing T nuts...
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treemonkey
Mar 26, 2011, 3:37 AM
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Can you take a picture of the backside of the volume. I would really like to see how you are mounting these to the wall.
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rock_fencer
Apr 5, 2011, 4:11 PM
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type up that article edge... how much of this can be done with just a circular saw and a jig-saw?
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edge
Apr 5, 2011, 4:14 PM
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rock_fencer wrote: type up that article edge... how much of this can be done with just a circular saw and a jig-saw?
I'll try to get to it soon. You can do the entire construction with a circular saw (and a straightedge if you need one) but I generally do a large amount of the cutting on my cabinetmakers table saw just because it is always clear and available in my shop; it is mostly a minor convenience.
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rschap
Jan 16, 2012, 12:41 AM
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Pretty sweet man, I was doing some research on pods because I’m making a few of them over the next couple days and I remembered this thread. I was wondering if you heard of deck restore http://www.synta.com/...mp;parent=3&pg=1? The climbing wall at one of the local high schools told me about it. We just painted the top of our topout wall with it and I was going to paint our pods with it as well. You can get it at Home Depot and it runs $50 for 2 gallons that cover about 100 sq ft, so it’s not supper expensive. Anyways the pods look sweet, good job on them. I’ll post up some pictures of mine once I get the rest done; I made 2 of the 5 today.
Edit to fix spelling.
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rschap
Jan 24, 2012, 9:07 PM
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Here's one of the new pods I made with the paint I was talking about.
Still Wet.
After the second coat dryed.
I drilled the T-nut holes after the paint dried.
I'll let you know how it holds up if you're interested.
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RunRocket
Mar 2, 2012, 10:16 PM
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Thank you for that heads up on the deck restore. I have a whole climbing wall I want to paint with a good grippy surface. I have been looking at different things but haven't seen something recommended by a climber.
I made my first volume, it's a 4' tall shaped liked an imperial cruiser from starwars.
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RunRocket
Apr 15, 2012, 6:33 AM
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Ok I bought the deck restore, I was going to coat some of my wall with it but it says it's for a horizontal surfaces only. I may end up only doing the volumes because I can paint them on the ground then mount them.
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rschap
Apr 18, 2012, 4:03 AM
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There was a high school out here where they painted their wall after it was built and it had a wired drip effect (hard to explain) but it seemed to work ok. When you paint your volume maybe paint a sq ft or two and see what it does. Make sure you put on at least two coats before you decide.
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edge
May 23, 2012, 3:16 AM
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The local gym dropped off a sheet of 3/4" ply, some construction adhesive, and a box of t-nuts; my mission was to make a half dozen pyramids, 8-12" high and 16-24" per side.
I ended up using slightly more than half of the ply and all of the t-nuts in making a total of seven volumes in two master profiles; total time about 4 1/2 hours.
The gym picked them up this weekend, and I just got this pic sent via my phone.
They go on the walls tomorrow.
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Carrick
May 23, 2012, 3:38 PM
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Looks like some of the volumes are attached to others? Could be cool like that. (Yo dawg, I heard you like volumes...)
How is the deck restore holding up on that last set of volumes?
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edge
May 23, 2012, 4:38 PM
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Carrick wrote: Looks like some of the volumes are attached to others? Could be cool like that. (Yo dawg, I heard you like volumes...)
They are not, it is just the way they laid them out to let the paint dry.
However, I am designing in my head a 4' long volume which will use the remaining plywood and join 4 triangular and straight ridged sections into a lightning bolt shape. It should be pretty fun once I start making the sawdust fly on that project.
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HSSK
Nov 19, 2012, 4:07 AM
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can you post directions for these please? thank you.
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