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Jul 29 2011
Optimus Prime Climbing 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/
Jul 20 2011
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 …
Jul 20 2011
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 …
May 04 2011
Customer Service and Climbing Hold Companies
Below is only my personal experience with select climbing hold companies to demonstrate the difference that certain companies take when approaching a home climbing wall consumer. Most of my encounters are on a very limited basis (one encounter) and therefore I assume that since these are all small companies the customer experience will vary significantly from customer …
Apr 29 2011
Simple Route-Setting Tips
Trust me I am no expert at route-setting however it is the second most crucial element of your climbing wall besides your actual wall. There are whole websites dedicated to the art of routesetting with the best being: http://www.routesetter.com/ Professional routesetting is definitely an art-form and one that a home-woody owner will need to appreciate in order to …
Mar 24 2011
Hold Waste
Hold waste is something that unfortunately happens only in Home Climbing walls. Hold waste happens when you get a set of holds from a company and realize that a number of them are not very useful due to the limited number of angles, placements, etc on your home wall. I am actually amazed at the …
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