Cross piece A can be smaller cross section (3"x1" ish?) and lie flat to the floor?
Not an engineer or even close, but why not have the supports (the non board side of your triangle) vertical or at least more vertical?
Ok, this is a bit of a crap and rushed diagram which will probably offend all the engineers...I’d like to build a board at 35deg, with room for 4x 8x4 sheets up, but probably only 3x to start with.My main questions are re the timber sections (2x4 for the 4x main vertical pieces, 2x4 for everything else), relative merits of overlapping and bolting through at B and C vs butting the timber up and screwing through a ply lapping section (ie the two diagrams at the bottom), and the cross piece A - I always remember landing on this in the past, though in this case it would be relatively further back if we’re not climbing to the top of the frame.Any thoughts?
Worth bearing in mind that a garden board will probably merit more in the way of side sway support because it will have to cope with the wind. Having ply on it turns it into a sail. The 2x6 will be hefty and hopefully weigh it down, but maybe consider anchoring it to the ground in some way (especially if it ends up being top heavy for any reason).
My garden board is bolted to concreted in post brackets. Removes the need for the cross piece A and stops me worrying that its going to take off in a storm.
In order to simplify build, I'd not bother with a kickboard. If you feel you need one later, it's an easy retrofit. My board is 26 deg and i don't miss one. Not sure the side board is worth the bother at all, and if you do put one in, for the complexity of putting a 10 deg board in, you might as well just go vertically, and not lose any room at the top of an already fairly narrow board. Don't bother with a vertical finish, additional construction faff. KISS.
Mmmhh... Wood still not good enough for small footholds.Any tips on what could be good for that? It seems anything under 15/20mm just snaps, and at that size all my footholds feel like ledges. Already had 3 footholds breaking and can't be taking uncontrolled falls as the risk of injury is pretty high...
Just ordered a set of each of thesehttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272714162159https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272870005277If they work ok at just over £5 for 16 footholds is a bargain
Quote from: Lopez on April 15, 2020, 03:00:42 pmMmmhh... Wood still not good enough for small footholds.Any tips on what could be good for that? It seems anything under 15/20mm just snaps, and at that size all my footholds feel like ledges. Already had 3 footholds breaking and can't be taking uncontrolled falls as the risk of injury is pretty high...I've got quite a few of the Crusher Dinks on my board that are oak and have been good http://crusherholds.co.uk/wooden-climbing-holds/crusher-wood-footholds and as tomtom suggests lots of people use jenga blocks so wood is fine for footholds as long as it's a suitable wood. I've quite a few wooden half-ball domes as well which are birch (these were off ebay). Hard Wood Holds make their wooden footholds from beech.