[cofe]

just show your nob at the door and you're in.

[Mike Tyson]

Yo mothers.

Finally getting round to whacking my beastmaker up having spent the last month in serious negotiating with the wife. Few questions however.

First thing is where I've bargained to put the beast. It's going on my wall above the living room door. The door has a surround that is 1 inch deep so my beastmaker sits flush with it when placed above it. I figured this wasn't going to be perfect as the surround will get in the way when I'm using the board. So I have got some wood that's about 2 inches deep that I can whack on the wall then whack the board on to it. My only concern is whether the wall will be able to take it as I'm gonna be hauling my 13 stone frame off something that's 3 inches out from the wall. I was planning on using about 3-4 inch screws with raw plugs to attach the extra wood. Any thoughts folks?

[nik at work]

A three inch screw going through a two inch bit of wood will only have one inch in the wall, and that aint much. Get some proper thru-bolts and it will be fine. I'll find you a link this evening, just about to go out...

[tunaficiency]

hi golt within 20 minutes of receiving my beatmaker id already put it up and pulled it down twice !!!  the king of diy, my girlfriend couldnt understand how i could fail to repair a toilet seat in two years. Anyway it may be because my brickwork is a bit
crumbly but if you go direct into the brickwork like i did then the screws provided with
the beastmaker might be on the wimpy side. But on the beastmaker site they give some advice on installing above a door frame recommending a 1/4 inch ply panel
onto the brickwork then mounting two blocks on the panel and then mounting the beastmaker onto the two blocks. For the rawplugs and screws id err on the side of caution i used 4 mil rawplugs i weigh 9st12 and it didnt survive 1 session so go beefy

[Mike Tyson]

Cheers for the reply folks.

I'm going to rethink my plan a little, I need some better tools before I get cracking!

[dave]

I'd try and use at least the rawlplugs that require an 8mm masonry bit (I think that means #10 or #12 screws).

[chris j]

For the rawplugs and screws id err on the side of caution i used 4 mil rawplugs i weigh 9st12 and it didnt survive 1 session so go beefy

I probably went OTT when I put up my fingerboard but I put attached the board & a campus rung to an 18mm ply panel and then attached the ply panel to the brickwork with an 8mm diameter expansion bolt in each corner.

Hasn't fallen down yet... 

[rodma]

For the rawplugs and screws id err on the side of caution i used 4 mil rawplugs i weigh 9st12 and it didnt survive 1 session so go beefy

I probably went OTT when I put up my fingerboard but I put attached the board & a campus rung to an 18mm ply panel and then attached the ply panel to the brickwork with an 8mm diameter expansion bolt in each corner.

Hasn't fallen down yet... 

Sounds like you did it right

I put 18mm ply above the door surround (with packers behind to get it plumb), using 4No 10mm diameter frame fixings that were 100mm long and then screwed the beasty directly onto the ply.

I also skewed the fixings inwards towards one another (by about 20degrees), which really makes it next to impossible to pull it off the wall.

Proper job 

[chillax]

Mine arrived this morning 

Going have to be a bit creative in mounting it as I'm in campus digs and they don't take too kindly to folk drilling into the walls. I'm thinking an 8 foot A-frame made out of 2x2 might do the trick. Anyone tried something similar or have any advice?

[shark]

The door has a surround that is 1 inch deep so my beastmaker sits flush with it when placed above it. I figured this wasn't going to be perfect as the surround will get in the way when I'm using the board.

Mine sits on the frame this way and I haven't found it gets in the way - but I am an imperfectionist

[Monolith]

Mine arrived this morning 

Going have to be a bit creative in mounting it as I'm in campus digs and they don't take too kindly to folk drilling into the walls. I'm thinking an 8 foot A-frame made out of 2x2 might do the trick. Anyone tried something similar or have any advice?

Take a peek through Doylo's blog. Good few entries back and you'll see a foolproof solution to your problem. Just mount it to a piece of appropriately sized timber and affix as detailed in said post. Boom.

[chillax]

Boom indeed. Look out tendons! Cheers.

[fatdoc]

As usual I'm coming into this late.

1. Are they for sale in a shop in Sheffield?
2.*full lock* in the training regiemes... that my be an issue as I will be placing it in my garage, on a roof beam, ( finishing holds for coming off my board - old school!) any experience people?
3. If not for sale in shops then is there still a long wait? As I smell the fun of a new toy, so have lost all rational patience.
4. for sale link on the beastmaker site aint workin, though I'm stuck at work ( yes, I have seen the weather.. thankyou  ) behind the NHS firewall of doom
5. anyone found a cheap BIG clock in a supermarket with a large secondhand? I cant see solo sessions with a stop watch not working out.
6. the sessions no doubt are full on... if you fail what to do? Increase rest betewen reps?, do less in total? or do less repeaters / encores per hold? I see myself failing.. 


Cheers.

[fatdoc]

Oh yeah, does it come with the training suggestions printed out?

Just trying to save on paper.

ta..

[slackline]

Oh yeah, does it come with the training suggestions printed out?

Just trying to save on paper.

ta..

Print it them out whilst you're behind the firewall of doom at work 

[fatdoc]

Quelle surprise, the beastmaker site shop works fine at home 

I got me ordered a 1000, no point in aspiring to goals I'll never achieve.

Excited!!

[SA Chris]

You are behind me in the waiting line then. Will let you know when / if mine arrives.

[chillax]

Mine took about 2 weeks. Got it mounted last friday and its worth every penny.

[SA Chris]

Just got email saying it's been dispatched. Huzzah.

[Serpico]

5. anyone found a cheap BIG clock in a supermarket with a large secondhand? I cant see solo sessions with a stop watch not working out.

Not a big clock, but these are good for timing intervals like repeaters.
http://uk.ebid.net/perl/auction.cgi?mo=auction&auction=17921487&from=googlebase

[John Gillott]

a metronome is a useful alternative. If your fingerboard is within earshot of your computer there are online ones you could use.

[slackline]

Might be a app for your phone too.

I've got the Symbian App RoundTimerX

[jwi]

I used audacity, a simple recording application for mac, and made a click-track and recorded myself counting out the reps....

[fatdoc]

Cool.

Will look into the above.

[lagerstarfish]

I used audacity, a simple recording application for mac, and made a click-track and recorded myself counting out the reps....

I'd like one with Joanna Lumley and Charlotte Green counting out the numbers and offering little words of encouragement