Home climbing wall with adjustable crack -- looking for additional beta
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During a search on home climbing walls I found this link climerware.com/wall4.htm and liked the idea of an adjustable crack on a tiltable, freestanding wall, and I'd like to build one myself. Only problem is that there aren't any specifics in the construction, and the guys e-mail was not longer valid. I could probably figure out the rest of the details on my own, but I was hoping that someone on here would either know how to reach this guy, or have personal experience with this type of design. Any help would be much appreciated - thanks! |
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I see an open space in the diagram but not sure what they mean by a 'crack'. My experience has been to get 2 long 2 by 10's or 2 by 12's, whatever length you have room for. Carriage bolts about 6 or more inches long, with 4 nuts & washers per bolt. I flexed the boards (I used 20 footers), and bolt the 2 boards together, spaced with the nuts and washers, to whatever width crack I want to create. Bolts are set back far enough in the boards so they don't get in the way of your hand jams. Put in bolts at least every 2 or 3 feet, depends on the crack you create. |
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Thanks for your help Woodchuck. |
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what route you training for? tradgirl.com/climbing_faq/h… |
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Adjustables suck, go side by side non-adjustables....a "crack rack". Google crack rack for a good one in a michigan gym. Won't cost much more because you won't have to buy the hardware..all-thread/nuts/washers, just a few extra 2x10s. |
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When I made mine out of 14' 2x10s and all thread, I used real sandstone that I contruction glued on. I am planning on building another one (the first one was destroyed when the tree it was attached to blew down). |
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Here's a couple shots of the crack built into our wood wall. It's 16 ft high, 6 inches deep, flares from 5 inches wide to a finger crack, then back to offwidth again.(see #4 Camalot in lower crack). Works for fist, hand,finger and toe jams, and laybacks. Not a variable angle, but at least steep. Inside surface has varied texture coatings, and small chip holds in places. All screw ons, no glue ups. |
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Will S wrote:Adjustables suck, go side by side non-adjustables....a "crack rack". Google crack rack for a good one in a michigan gym. Won't cost much more because you won't have to buy the hardware..all-thread/nuts/washers, just a few extra 2x10s. I say this as someone who's had multiple adjustables. After a while, you get tired of adjusting the damn things, and if you want to work multiple sizes in a session, you'll get really irritated. Unless you have yours outside, and it's higher than say 12', you're almost as well off just building a hang board version of a crack rack with shorty slots about 4' long, just enough to make one full extension move and back down. That said, I've seen some really cool outdoor adjustables that are like 25' tall, fastened to the side of the house, or a redwood tree. A couple that are with full-on framing and plywood instead of boards, so you can do OW on them and really get deep.Do you have any photos of this? I googled crack rack and it only returned results for climbing racks |
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I made one that you can adjust the width by yourself without unscrewing anything. It also tilts but that does require removing the two bolts at the top and re-positioning them although it can still be done with a ladder and one person. I have a sketch around somewhere. It was built in a garage with a tall ceiling so requires a solid floor and access to a floor joist (in the ceiling). |
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rging wrote:I made one that you can adjust the width by yourself without unscrewing anything. It also tilts but that does require removing the two bolts at the top and re-positioning them although it can still be done with a ladder and one person. I have a sketch around somewhere. It was built in a garage with a tall ceiling so requires a solid floor and access to a floor joist (in the ceiling).Can you post pictures?? Also put them in the "What does your Woody look like???" forum with details (Angles, and space available). |
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mountainhick wrote:Not adjustable, but...AMAZING |
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The Hick Man ^^^ is wise, has a good system, and is a fine craftsman. |
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Kent Pease wrote:The Hick Man ^^^ is wise, has a good system, and is a fine craftsman. I tried posting .pdf's of two adjustable designs, but the system apparently doesn't support that format. I'll be happy to e-mail them to you at your request.Yup, please. I´m building a home woody cave. in a room of 8 feet high, 5.5 feet deep, and 10 feet long. is a small room so I have to optimize space. I´m building a very versatile wall. that changes geometry. i also want to incorporate a crack, but need it adjustable so it can be versatile for different problems. As soon as I finish (first week of December) i will put up the pictures. |
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I can't find a single picture of the darn thing so let me try to explain how I made and adjustable, tilt-able model. |
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Sanllan any pics of the wall? |
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Mine does not tilt, but is adjustable from fingers to hand stacks. Built with 2x10x12fts for the sides and 2x4s for the supports. Spacing between the adjustable bolts is 3ft. |
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soon pictures, haven´t finish my woody. |