Shaun, you must like finger rippin' pain with all those tiny crimpers! You can load up on inexpensive holds via ebay sales. Go for it and best of luck.

Wow!

It is spring-time so I went around adding some new features to the climbing wall which always seems to amp me up to spend more time on it.

This volume got a little out of hand when we were building leading us to create the Optimus Prime volume.

Some more pics and details can be found on my website: andylibrande.com/news/2010/04/optimus-prime-owns-my-climbing>>>

Optimus Prime Owns my Climbing Wall:

Optimus owns my climbing wall. Submitted By: Andy Librande on Apr 1, 2010

New feature for the home woody: Optimus Prime Volume. Submitted By: Andy Librande on Apr 1, 2010

Taking it for a ride. Submitted By: Andy Librande on Apr 1, 2010

Painting the Optimus climbing volume. Submitted By: Andy Librande on Apr 1, 2010

SICK!!!

(I want that)

Nice size, great colors! Volumes are THE best part of home woodys. And pretty easy to make, even for me, a non-carpenter kind of person. Let me loose with a hammer, square, and some spare lumber and here are some features I"ve added to my walls in the last year.

Small triangular chunk, about 24 inches long and maybe 10 inches deep. Submitted By: Woodchuck ATC on Apr 1, 2010

Giant 'fang thing hanging down 5 ft, at height of over 9 ft from ground. 3 sided feature. Submitted By: Woodchuck ATC on Apr 1, 2010

Up and down triangular shapes, with a sloping horizontal jam crack in between them. About 5 ft. overall length, over 14 inches in depth. Submitted By: Woodchuck ATC on Apr 1, 2010

Finished my woody a few weeks ago...a couple pics, and more, including construction pics, at my blog: occlimb.com/?tag=woody

I'm new here and to bouldering, and i got a lot of sweet ideas from this forum for my wall. nevertheless mine seems a little bit different, and i'm a bit proud, so i figure i'll throw some pictures up. My metolius order comes in about 36 hours, couldn't be more excited.

(excuse the bad picture angles, the wall is not very photogenic.)

Pic #1 Submitted By: Pete Koszulinski on May 3, 2010

It's at 30 degrees Submitted By: Pete Koszulinski on May 3, 2010

A pic of my newest woodie, one I built after moving to Seattle a month ago. A pic of my old one is back on page two of this thread.

climbing wall Submitted By: Ricky Martin on May 4, 2010

This is a pretty cool little woody that's completely removable from the doorway. You have to scrunch down to use that first HIT strip, but other than that it works great. I've been wanting one for years but have never had the space (damn apartments!). This design lets me train my rump off, even without a garage or basement. Takes about 5 minutes to set up.

Removable doorway woody Submitted By: Dustin Clelen on May 4, 2010

Dustin - sweet way to take advantage of a small space. How did you attach the wall to the door-frame while making it removable?

Pete- I know you sent me some PM's about building a wall. Yours looks good, however I think you may need to beef up all the 2x4 supports. Either double them up with another 2x4 or change it to a 2x6. Let us know how it climbs.

Also bed-mattresses that I have found in alleyways are my primary crash-pads for the wall, I am sure a futon mattress will work just as well.

Thanks. I've got more 2x4's lying around, it's probably a pretty good idea to support it at the middle. I still haven't gotten my holds (Metolius has butchered my order multiple times >_<) but from the hanging and jarring i've done on the wall it seems way more stable than it rightfully should be.

Andy - It's a cantilever design that kind of pushes against the wall above the door on one side if you pull down on the thing on the other side of the door (as you can tell, I'm not a professional wordsmith). There's one cross-support that serves as a type of fulcrum that you can sort of see in the picture. I got the idea from those cheezy pull-up bars that you can hang in your doorway. I'm on the road at the moment but will post some pics of it when I get home if you're interested (will be early June).

Found a real cool video on some people building a home woody in their house. Gives a real good example on how to construct it and what goes into all of it.

The kids like it more than anyone.

Fun session before the snow. Submitted By: Christopher Jones on Mar 1, 2010

Hanging out. Submitted By: Christopher Jones on Mar 7, 2010

After skiing session. Just take your ski pants off and climb in your long underwear. Submitted By: Christopher Jones on Mar 7, 2010

So, I finally bought pretty much all I need to make my home woody, but may have got the wrong screws to attach the plywood to the frame. I bought 2" decking screws, thinking that 1.25" of thread should be enough to hold the sheet, considering there'll be a screw every 4-6" or so.

How long of a screw did you guys use to attach your plywood to your frame and at what spacing? Are 2" screws going to be sufficient?

2 inch is fine. I used a bit longer for overhanging stuff. High quality deck screws. I'm sure I overloaded them, about a foot apart at the most, sometimes closer. Never had a board come loose or pull out. Some have been in place for over 14 years outside in humid midwest with no rot or failure. Here's a couple photos of my 2008-2009 update efforts to home wall. 'Fang shaped thing is free hanging and built of only 1/2 inch plywood. You can see the spacing of the screws.

free hanging fang feature Submitted By: Woodchuck ATC on Jun 1, 2010

Overall west face of my wall Submitted By: Woodchuck ATC on Jun 1, 2010

climbing the overhanging part of the wall Submitted By: Woodchuck ATC on Jun 1, 2010

Just finished mine over memorial day...
30 Degrees overhung was a bit more than I thought, but heck..I won't get bored!
I need more holds :)

New Wall :) Submitted By: smithygreg on Jun 1, 2010

Yeah! Submitted By: smithygreg on Jun 1, 2010

You guys that have had your walls for a little while, if you had enough space to have 2 different angles, what would you do? Call me a 5.11+/12- gymz climber for a rough strength estimate. I want to be able to dry tool on it too.

I've seen that before but doesn't it shake when you climb?

I would go with 15 and 30 degrees. If you are big on bouldering you may want to go up to 45. If you use common angles it makes your layout and construction easier, but sometimes something in between makes more sense because of the existing faming you are attaching to.

Skip the adjustable wall, make it solid!

Anyone tried making a Moon Climbing School Room wall? The plan is so great (minus the sometimes using metric, sometimes using english *shudder*) and it looks like a lot of variation possibilities. I'd love to make one, but I don't have a place yet where I can.