July 2011 archive

Optimus Prime Climbing Volume

Optimus Prime Climbing Wall Volume

I posted a detailed view on my other website which you can read about here on what went into building the Optimus Prime: http://andylibrande.com/news/2010/04/optimus-prime-owns-my-climbing-wall/  

T-Nut Shopping

Price comparison of T-Nuts on the Interwebz. All Prices as of July 2011. What surprised me was that these were all the vendors I could find that sold the 4-Prong 3/8″ Zinc plated T-Nut. Other options include screw-in T-Nuts and stainless steel. 4 prong work pretty good and screws-in are seriously time-consuming and only recommended …

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Previous Climbing Walls

In college I was inspired to build a home woody when someone introduced me to a free-standing outdoor wall. We had a large backyard and since I was living with three other climbers we felt that it would be an awesome addition to our house. After dealing with some land-lord issues we moved it into …

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