Wooden hangboard
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Has anyone had any experience with wooden hangboards? I'm looking at picking up the Metolius wood grips compact training board, but am wondering about whether it's of comparable quality to a board like, lets say, the Metolius project training board. Any info on the topic would be cool.. thanks |
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I train on wooden hangboards at least 3 times a week and I like them alot. Plastic for me wears down my hands a lot and is more grippy. Wood wears down hands but its smoother so you have to work harder to hold on. I really think its personal preference. The best wooden hangboards I have found are the Beastmakers from the dudes in England. Another company from England would be Crusher. See Stevie Haston's blog for a laugh and some awesomeness with the Crusher boards. They really have a lock down on training I think. I love my wooden hangboard and would never trade it for plastic. |
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nate, if you are serious about getting a hangboard i highly recommend the Trango Rock Prodigy Training Center (RPTC). if you do a quick search on MP, you will find a thread that has some photos/reviews that i put together. i have used a LOT of different hangboards, and this is by far the best of them. |
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Anyone have idea what species of wood they are using to build these boards? |
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probably oak |
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make one for what your training for, or more than one. It doesn't need to be a really hard wood. |
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Grover is that a pine board? Looks good |
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The board is pine and the rails I glued and screwed on are oak. I drilled all the way threw the board for the pockets and on the bottom ones I put a piece of 3/16 inch ply behind to cap them. the top pockets have a 2x6 behind them that the board is mounted to. |
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+1 on the beastmaker |
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Drying Sanding Routing Finished I made this out of Monteray Pine from Maui. With soft wood you can feel it flex a little. I have this mounted on one side and Plastic on the other. I typically only use the wood if I am doing transitions from side to side. I love the piece but the texture of the plastic keeps my skin strong too. |
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signewt wrote:Anyone have idea what species of wood they are using to build these boards? I am a carpenter and want to build my own. I plan on using a rubbed oil finish (similar to butcher block conditioner).metolius boards are made of alder i believe. Beastmaker is tulipwood |
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The Beastmaker is the final word in wooden hangboards, n00bs. |
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+1 Beastmaker! |
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+1 for the beast maker 2000 |
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I like mine from oak stone holds. I only train to climb 5.12 so Im not looking for insanely difficult hangboard holds. The workmanship is ok but I really like that I can do chin ups or pullups on the lower grips. They only sell them on Amazon. oak stone hangboard |
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Bam board is cool. Beastmaker is standard. Metolius is yet to make a training implement that can hold a candle to other boards. |
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I have a Metolius wooden board (the fancier one). It's definitely a different feel to the synthetics. Kinder to the skin and requires no chalk (as I wanted one for my house, that's a big plus). It's smooth so hanging on your skin is harder than with a synthetic, from my experience. But as for which board is better, or best, etc. I don't feel qualified to say. I certainly wish I had pinches on mine, but I don't. |
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random board i found |
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+1 for the metolius. Thing has been mounted under my deck for three months, and has made the three months since knee surgery much more fun. I'll probably bring it in for winter. I haven't got too serious but found a couple work outs online that are definitely more fun than sitting on the couch. Surgeon cleared me for climbing last week, so that hang board will be collecting more and more dust.. |
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climbing friend, |