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Some people back in west. ky used to have a wall that took up a bit over half of a two car garage. The coolest part was the roof, if made the thing a continous enclosed cave and let you set problems that go up over around, much more sustained than just a couple feet. Not realistic, but more fun to train on.

Just got the new holds in from Revolution Climbing.... I ordered the Joe's jibs and Joe's small sets (x2). Crimp city!

http://revolutionclimbing.com/store/sto ... how_detail

love to check out the House of Pain sometime... love to check out Joe's Valley sometime too!

its all in the frame! start with a basic-sturdy rectangle and them attach additional features with gusset plates. apply good plywood.

don't use osb. the t nut will rip right through that crap.

anticlmber wrote:word. yeah plenty of help(i guess thats what its called) its just laying it out and knowing it will work. and not suck.

i like the cave but a bulge of sorts would be cool if easy to do. im down with just three or fouur different angles for maximal training.

do you think a roof is worth it or not?

Not really. Before Brad put up the 55degree section there was a roof coming off the other 3 walls. Can't remember a single problem put on it.

ynot wrote:don't use osb. the t nut will rip right through that crap.

another tnut suggestion - use a hole saw and a drill press to drill holes on some quarter inch ply. Then drill your tnut holes into this. you will have a bunch of these tnut doughnuts so to speak. Attach these to your ply wood instead of attaching tnuts directly. Use screw in tnuts. The result is that you dont make as big of a mess with your panels over time and maintenance. I learned this from rob b. you will need to use a longer bolt though but that's no biggy usually.

KD wrote:

ynot wrote:don't use osb. the t nut will rip right through that crap.

another tnut suggestion - use a hole saw and a drill press to drill holes on some quarter inch ply. Then drill your tnut holes into this. you will have a bunch of these tnut doughnuts so to speak. Attach these to your ply wood instead of attaching tnuts directly. Use screw in tnuts. The result is that you dont make as big of a mess with your panels over time and maintenance. I learned this from rob b. you will need to use a longer bolt though but that's no biggy usually.

just use a drill and 1/2 inch wood drill bit - then hammer in your 3/8 tnut
i use the pronged ones - dont know why anyone would want to drill in all those little screws - and i found them for 5 bucks for a 50 count box here in lexington - best i could find online was $12 for 100 + shipping

also - with the pronged tnuts - when you bugger them up you just punch it through and replace it at a later time

corduroy wrote:

KD wrote:

ynot wrote:don't use osb. the t nut will rip right through that crap.

another tnut suggestion - use a hole saw and a drill press to drill holes on some quarter inch ply. Then drill your tnut holes into this. you will have a bunch of these tnut doughnuts so to speak. Attach these to your ply wood instead of attaching tnuts directly. Use screw in tnuts. The result is that you dont make as big of a mess with your panels over time and maintenance. I learned this from rob b. you will need to use a longer bolt though but that's no biggy usually.

just use a drill and 1/2 inch wood drill bit - then hammer in your 3/8 tnut
i use the pronged ones - dont know why anyone would want to drill in all those little screws - and i found them for 5 bucks for a 50 count box here in lexington - best i could find online was $12 for 100 + shipping

also - with the pronged tnuts - when you bugger them up you just punch it through and replace it at a later time

i did that too at first and it seemed like an easy thing to do but - over time you tend to chew up your panels and as you said- pull through is always a factor. This way takes a couple of extra steps and has great results for the effort. I have been replacing my pound-ins with these since last year. It's a matter of ease and cost but I think it makes a much nicer wall in the long term.

KD wrote: It's a matter of ease and cost but I think it makes a much nicer wall in the long term.

i see what your sayn - just a lot of lil' screws