For somethingspecial there is also Silly Goat (search for him on Facebook). He does gorgeously sculpted holds with loads of texture (as well as more normal edges etc). I have just received a couple of tufas I ordered from him - carved with lovely irregularities and knobbly textures with little dinks - somehow both rough yet smooth. Rob has ordered a few of his holds for the Depot (where I saw the tufas and immediately sought them out and ordered a couple). Call be a snob but the thought of white socked gym refugees putting their feet on them makes me want to weep.
Alex is a really nice guy and very helpful and I can only imagine the others will be too.
The angle of my board is shallow (~25') and I have these:http://www.coreclimbing.co.uk/shop/climbing-holds-climbing-wall-matting-bolts-and-clothing/shop-by-type/screw-ons/geo-screw-on-feet-angles.htmland these:http://www.coreclimbing.co.uk/shop/climbing-holds-climbing-wall-matting-bolts-and-clothing/shop-by-type/screw-ons/core-screw-ons.htmlObviously the difference between using each set is huge.
Lot of love for the wood here. I think I'm a little scuppered in this regard as my wall is outdoors... Whilst it's covered when not in use (tarp still attached when I checked this morning - thanks Doris), it's "weather proof" in that the wood is treated and painted, but I'd be nervous about getting wooden holds soaked - or would they be fine? Trees seem to cope.
Your building a replica of the Depot circuit board, aren't you?
Quote from: Teaboy on February 23, 2017, 03:52:19 pmYour building a replica of the Depot circuit board, aren't you?I did actually take a tape measure and size it up on the left-hand board.
Quote from: Paul B on February 23, 2017, 09:51:02 pmQuote from: Teaboy on February 23, 2017, 03:52:19 pmYour building a replica of the Depot circuit board, aren't you?I did actually take a tape measure and size it up on the left-hand board.how big were them 8 1/16 x 4 1/32 sheets?
how big were them 8x4 sheets?
For pinches I was thinking to just get round dowels and cut to measure. For edges I was planning to get campus edges and cut them in thirds. Are there better options out there?
I've seen a few boards outside, and as long as the holds aren't directly in contact with rain, most wood tends to hold up ok for a few years. That said, a proper fine grained hard wood such as oak would hold up really well, and handle moisture a lot better than say ash or beech and especially poplar which is crap. It just so happens I've a load of oak in my store that I could do with moving along... so I could do a good deal on some holds with it if you were interested..
Most of the pinches on my board are Crusher though. Harder and smoother wood in basic shapes - very regular in a graduated range of sizes - so good for systems boards and being able to tweak the exact degree of pinchiness you want to work. They're shown below (along with some big LXGrips edges):
Quote from: moose on February 28, 2017, 11:37:40 amMost of the pinches on my board are Crusher though. Harder and smoother wood in basic shapes - very regular in a graduated range of sizes - so good for systems boards and being able to tweak the exact degree of pinchiness you want to work. They're shown below (along with some big LXGrips edges):They look very good! I guess the shipping cost to France might make me reconsider my anti-DIY stance... (the only system-board style holds I've seen in France are made by woodpecker and only come in one size. Ridiculously overpriced as well)
I think I'd stick to a known manufacturer rather than random Amazon ones...Core do some good sets of screw-ons
but it's hard to know whether they'd be suitable for that angle.