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Title: Homemade holds??
Post by: al123 on May 30, 2010, 10:14:50 pm

hi all, now money is tight as i have treated myself to some new climbing shoes and the new BMC and north wales bouldering guide :) :). but i now want a fingerboard of some description but i have no money so why not make a fingerboard or a set of hand holds from wood or rock as i was reading on a website? its just to go in the garage above the doorway or on the wall but i would like some advice on how to make the holds and what from?? i know i probably wont get the most complex wall but something mainly to do pull ups on (maybe a campus sort of board??)and if i can mount them on the wall just to practice footwork. cheers in advance

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: clm on May 30, 2010, 11:01:12 pm

make what ypu want as long as they are smooth and have no sharp incuts to tweek tendons on.

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: butterworthtom on May 30, 2010, 11:03:06 pm

Broomhandles!

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: al123 on May 30, 2010, 11:30:07 pm

seems simple enough. broomhandles?? explain please

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: butterworthtom on May 31, 2010, 08:55:49 am

(http://www.chinajr.com/products/pic/tools/saws/WHS18.jpg)
(http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Images/DB_Detail/_7198_161813.jpg)
(http://www.gerrymay.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/power-drill-1.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dDUHPa7QgaM/S0hIrp_-huI/AAAAAAAAC2Q/Gz_rmSZkLIo/s320/Close+up+on+my+hang+board++fingerboard+made+of+plywood+wooden+holds+and+a+few+commercial+resin+holds.jpg)

Buy a broomhandle from a DIY shop - you can brobably find other things that would be suitable as well if you want some variety. Root in skips.
Chop it up to size.
Screw the holds into a board to mount them.
Attach to wall.
Hang.

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: al123 on May 31, 2010, 09:59:23 am

hmm fair enough seems good to me. what about making jugs?? would some bits of scrap pine do the job?

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: butterworthtom on May 31, 2010, 03:04:11 pm

Yeah, Why not? Banister rails are good as well for juggy holds and pinches.

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: clm on May 31, 2010, 05:46:44 pm

hmmmmn  :-\ must stop dumning down those lessons i teach.

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: al123 on May 31, 2010, 06:04:10 pm

just finished making it now. will post some pics up later, its got a large...ish edge, a small edge and a D sort of shape sloper ( if the straight back of the D is mounted on the wall and the curve is the hold ???) but i want some lovely jugs in the center of the oard but had difficulty making them so can you buy just 2 handholds from anywhere in the north wales area??

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: al123 on May 31, 2010, 07:22:54 pm

no worries about the jugs, i just made some, i was just being abit slow

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: Eddies on May 31, 2010, 10:12:12 pm

Nowone ever got strong hanging off jugs!

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: al123 on May 31, 2010, 11:15:07 pm

haha well my excuse is that they are only used for core strength training  ;)

Title: Re: Homemade holds??
Post by: Paul B on June 01, 2010, 12:32:11 am

Quote from: Eddies on May 31, 2010, 10:12:12 pm

Nowone ever got strong hanging off jugs!

Stevie Haston?