Bedroom Bouldering Cave
nrhoades, Mon May 28 2007, 04:57AMThis isn't one of my electronics projects, but I still think its worthy of sharing. I build a bouldering cave (for rock climbing) in my apartment beedroom. Check it out:
http://www.abiscus.com/storage/homegym/homegym1.htm
Re: Bedroom Bouldering Cave
..., Mon May 28 2007, 05:13AM
man, after having spent the last 5 months of my life living in a construction zone (we are owner/builder remodeling our house) and working every waking minute of my weekends cutting boards, drilling countless holes, stringing about 3 miles of wire, crawling around in the 50y/o fiberglass, etc just the thought of doing something like that just for the fun of it...
BTW, if you want to drill a hole in a piece of rock, you need to get a masonry bit. It looks sorta like a normal one, but at the tip instead of the normal flutes there is a solid block of carbide (usually) in a pentagonal shape. To make it work you need a hammer/impact drill. But it would go through granite like that in seconds
All it needs now are some lasers running
..., Mon May 28 2007, 05:13AM
man, after having spent the last 5 months of my life living in a construction zone (we are owner/builder remodeling our house) and working every waking minute of my weekends cutting boards, drilling countless holes, stringing about 3 miles of wire, crawling around in the 50y/o fiberglass, etc just the thought of doing something like that just for the fun of it...
BTW, if you want to drill a hole in a piece of rock, you need to get a masonry bit. It looks sorta like a normal one, but at the tip instead of the normal flutes there is a solid block of carbide (usually) in a pentagonal shape. To make it work you need a hammer/impact drill. But it would go through granite like that in seconds
All it needs now are some lasers running
Re: Bedroom Bouldering Cave
nrhoades, Mon May 28 2007, 11:52PM
Yeah, since I updated that page I've been making loads of rock holds using carbide bits. The coolest ones were the roof jugs (ones that you attach to the ceiling and hang off of).
nrhoades, Mon May 28 2007, 11:52PM
Yeah, since I updated that page I've been making loads of rock holds using carbide bits. The coolest ones were the roof jugs (ones that you attach to the ceiling and hang off of).
Re: Bedroom Bouldering Cave
Steve Conner, Tue May 29 2007, 10:08AM
Nice work! My brother and I tried to make something like that years ago (though it wasn't half as big or impressive) in the attic at our parents' house. We even built a campus board, but we never made the frame strong enough, and it buckled and nearly fell off the wall. I remember going to look for interesting shaped rocks and drilling them with a hammer drill and carbide bit to make them into holds, too.
I never actually trained enough to get any good at rock climbing, though. I was also learning to play shred guitar at the time, and I found that it really messed up my guitar playing. Well, that's my excuse anyway :P You'll have to post some more pictures when you get all the holds bolted on.
Steve Conner, Tue May 29 2007, 10:08AM
Nice work!
My brother and I tried to make something like that years ago (though it wasn't half as big or impressive) in the attic at our parents' house. We even built a campus board, but we never made the frame strong enough, and it buckled and nearly fell off the wall. I remember going to look for interesting shaped rocks and drilling them with a hammer drill and carbide bit to make them into holds, too.I never actually trained enough to get any good at rock climbing, though. I was also learning to play shred guitar at the time, and I found that it really messed up my guitar playing. Well, that's my excuse anyway :P You'll have to post some more pictures when you get all the holds bolted on.
Re: Bedroom Bouldering Cave
Alex, Tue May 29 2007, 10:41PM
Oh man, that is very nice. I climb outdoors most of the time, but I have gone to the gym around here several times. The bouldering cave is by far the most entertaining thing there
Your setup looks great. Looking at your diagrams, it's a bit taller than I thought it was. Even better, obviously.
[edit] Oh, I just saw your followup to that.
Alex, Tue May 29 2007, 10:41PM
Oh man, that is very nice. I climb outdoors most of the time, but I have gone to the gym around here several times. The bouldering cave is by far the most entertaining thing there
Your setup looks great. Looking at your diagrams, it's a bit taller than I thought it was. Even better, obviously.
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The only thing that I am "iffy" about is applying large forces to the sides of the stalactite.
So how is that? It would bother me if I wasn't really able to push on it. How strong is it?The only thing that I am "iffy" about is applying large forces to the sides of the stalactite.
[edit] Oh, I just saw your followup to that.
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