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Yeah, I think I got a "bug up my ass" about the subject.

Cold sucks. Use your wall. Train hard.

Well, Rain Man I was offended but I can see that my comments above may have been misinterpreted. I did not mean that you would not use your new wall but that I probably would not use mine.
Words are powerful things and you reminded me of a lesson I needed. 8)

Yasmeen wrote:I don't know, Christian, it might be kinda hard to hang clothes on the holds, especially if it involves a trip out to the garage... maybe he could set up a clothes hanger at the very top, which would give him an incentive to lazily toss his clothes up there? You either gotta climb up to put them there or climb up to get them back!

I hang my rack on my wall. Sometimes my tent when I need to dry it out.

Be careful on your woody, Rain Man. The first week I had mine I blew two finger pullies. Don't overtrain, and it'll definitely make you strong. I need to clean out my garage and start using mine again as soon as my old body is healed. A kerosene heater in the garage, and a boombox, makes the training much more enjoyable in the depths of Winter hell.

Christian wrote:Well, Rain Man I was offended but I can see that my comments above may have been misinterpreted. I did not mean that you would not use your new wall but that I probably would not use mine.
Words are powerful things and you reminded me of a lesson I needed. 8)

Ah, see, the message I keep reading is "it's a waste of money, because you'll never use it" from various posts. Words CAN be power and often convey unintended ideas. Again, my remark was not intended as a direct attack towards you (notice, I changed Nordic Trac to treadmill ), so I hope there's no ill-regard towad me.

I plan on using this wall to train all aspects of my grip and it's more economical than driving to/from the gym as noted above. For those who scoff at the mere notion of "pulling on plastic" or make remarks like "now I'm going to climb on some rock", knock yourselves out...really . I want to improve and not climbing for 3 months won't help me do that.

Sandy wrote:Be careful on your woody, Rain Man. The first week I had mine I blew two finger pullies. Don't overtrain, and it'll definitely make you strong.

I got the same advice from Sik, Sandy and you are both correct, which, again, is one of the reasons my own wall will be good. When I am driving an hour total and spending $$ to get in at a gym, I tend to try to do too much and get the "most" out of the session. Well, with my own wall, I know I can get on it whenever I want, so I won't be compelled to do too much on any given day.

I'm not familiar with steel, but you may find wood to be just as sturdy (for the purpose) and much more economical. It is also easier to machine. But that depends on your tools.

I'v had two designs, one with a hinge at the top, another with the hinge at the bottom. I liked the one with the top hinge, however it was a more labor intensive design.

The bottom hinge is nice because you don't have to build an extendable foot board, and the starting holds stay in the same place regardlessof the angle.
But I just don't like it as much, I'm not sure why.

If I make the frame from steel, I will be using 1 1/2" x 2" .120 wall tubing that I have access to at work (can we say, misappropriation ), as well as the saw, drill-press and MIG welder I would need to put everything together. Then, after it's all finished, I'll run it through the powdercoat paint line. Plus, if I use steel, I can drill several "position" holes in a plate and create a joint about 4' off the deck that will go from vert to 90 deg. I'm thinking with two adjustable sections above the base, I can make a nice vert-roof-vert shape, if I want.

I think there are plenty of unused woodies out there. To me, you just can't compare them to a good gym. The other thing is, you really only need a couple - three days a week of hard bouldering to get super strong, so having a woody at the house isn't all that much of a help. I have to drive about 30 minutes each way to LR, and wouldn't think of using a woody instead. If I lived over an hour each way, then, maybe a hang board once or twice a week plus trips to the gym.

Wes

Rain Man wrote:

Christian wrote:
Ah, see, the message I keep reading is "it's a waste of money, because you'll never use it" from various posts. Words CAN be power and often convey unintended ideas. Again, my remark was not intended as a direct attack towards you (notice, I changed Nordic Trac to treadmill ), so I hope there's no ill-regard towad me.

None my friend.
I have about 100 or more metolius flowstone and various pusher holds in my garage. I did a simple vertical wasll jaust for starters as I am extremely challenged by complicated tools:hammers, saws, screwdrivers.
I plan on an adjustable just for training but there are other projects my wife finds have more priority and this year it was buy and build the wall or build a trad rack. I chose a trad rack. But now I want the wall. I was going to use a kerosene heater for the garage since the Iraq war now ensures unlimited cheap petroleum products through my lifetime(sarcasm)
and a giant fan in the summer. 8)