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Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 11:36:30 am
Yo,
    gonna get serious and create some wooden holds for my board. Being as i'm not really the DIY type can anyone direct me to the most suitable power tools to assist in this task?  ive got a workbench and, some chisels and a plain (not sure if correct spelling), sandpaper and a cordless drill.

Baring in mind im starting from scratch so need to make a lot of holds, what else would you guys buy to make it easier. Preferably relatively cheap power tools i.e. the ones they make value versions of.

Was also thinking of buying a lot of dowling/ broom handles for many of the holds, any ideas for where this is most cheaply sourceable?

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Tim

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#1 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 11:41:32 am
you probably want a belt sander as the most useful tool. best to work out of way of mounting it upside down on a workbench.

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#2 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 11:50:50 am
you probably want a belt sander as the most useful tool. best to work out of way of mounting it upside down on a workbench.

awesome im gonna get myself off to been and queued now and take a look at the options.

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#3 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 11:55:14 am
Also if they have a mitre saw they are very handy for cutting lots of holds out of a length of 3" x 2" (other sized timbers are available).
The ones in that link are all whizzy expensive jobs but B&Q do an own brand version for about twenty five notes I think, just make sure you can adjust the angle of it (ideally in two planes). And be careful, these things can eat fingers...

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#4 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 12:05:03 pm
yeah don't do a tommy caldwell.

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#5 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 12:26:53 pm
Best solution I've seen - buy a Jenga set from the car boot sale, for £3. That's 50 holds right there.

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#6 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 12:30:14 pm
Best solution I've seen - buy a Jenga set from the car boot sale, for £3. That's 50 holds right there.

I tried that - it was fine until I tried to move the holds around and my wall fell down.

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#7 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 12:50:55 pm
Best solution I've seen - buy a Jenga set from the car boot sale, for £3. That's 50 holds right there.

I tried that - it was fine until I tried to move the holds around and my wall fell down.

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#8 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 01:03:51 pm
Boom boom.

That's why you should always train with someone who doesn't know your wall as well as you do. End every session with a victory. It's a win-win situation. Both wins for you, obviously.

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#9 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 01:28:04 pm
Thanks for the suggestions!

any ideas for cheap dowling acquiry...  nipped out in work lunch to a big BandQ  got a 1/3 sheet sander for less than a tenner. had a look for some downling but it was about £10 for a length (1 Metre i guess), is this the price to expect or can it be sourced cheaper?

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#10 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 01:30:14 pm
Thanks for the suggestions!

any ideas for cheap dowling acquiry...  nipped out in work lunch to a big BandQ  got a 1/3 sheet sander for less than a tenner. had a look for some downling but it was about £10 for a length (1 Metre i guess), is this the price to expect or can it be sourced cheaper?

Cheers
Tim

If you've got plenty of sand paper then grab a piece of white dowling, don some dark glasses and waddle out of the shop using your newly accquired assistance stick.

Walk into random displays/racks for the full effect  :P

Use said sand paper to remove paint when home.

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#11 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 04:00:09 pm
Thanks for the suggestions!

any ideas for cheap dowling acquiry...  nipped out in work lunch to a big BandQ  got a 1/3 sheet sander for less than a tenner. had a look for some downling but it was about £10 for a length (1 Metre i guess), is this the price to expect or can it be sourced cheaper?

Cheers
Tim

If you've got plenty of sand paper then grab a piece of white dowling, don some dark glasses and waddle out of the shop using your newly accquired assistance stick.

Walk into random displays/racks for the full effect  :P

Use said sand paper to remove paint when home.

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:-\  suppose i did say acquire. Was thinking more like legal options.   ;D

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#12 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 04:29:46 pm
Borrow brooms of several friends, cut the top couple of inches off the the handle of each one then return them.

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#13 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 18, 2009, 11:38:11 pm
Soft pine, stanley knife, sandpaper.

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#14 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 19, 2009, 09:41:35 am
fuck B&Q off and get down your local timber merchant.
get some banaster and cut it down

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#15 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 19, 2009, 11:09:45 am
any ideas for cheap dowling acquiry...

If you live anywhere near Sheffield I have 3.5m of nice smooth round bannister and various other wood off cuts you can have.

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#16 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 19, 2009, 11:12:48 pm
any ideas for cheap dowling acquiry...

If you live anywhere near Sheffield I have 3.5m of nice smooth round bannister and various other wood off cuts you can have.
Live manchester mate but would be quite keen to take some of those offcuts off your hands. Hoping to get out sheffield way next weekend if thats useful?

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#17 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 20, 2009, 10:02:18 pm
Have you tried going to Beesley&Fyldes/B&Q etc and asking for offcuts?

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#18 Re: Making your own wooden holds
September 21, 2009, 06:40:40 pm
any ideas for cheap dowling acquiry...

If you live anywhere near Sheffield I have 3.5m of nice smooth round bannister and various other wood off cuts you can have.
Live manchester mate but would be quite keen to take some of those offcuts off your hands. Hoping to get out sheffield way next weekend if thats useful?

Cheers
Tim

We may be away next weekend but PM me and we might be able to sort something out.

 

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