How I built my campus board

Just a quick description of the process I went through to build my campus board. It isn't much, but it works for people with limited budgets and limited space.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• climbing
• campusing
• boulder
• homemade
• campus
• board

[IamTheOnymous]

So are their screws sticking out of the back of the plywood, did you add woodblocks to the back for the screws to go into, or get screws that wouldn't penetrate all the way to the other side?

Also, that looks really shaky in your video where you are training. Feels stable?

[blackpanther2819]

@IamTheOnymous The screws I used just stick out a little on the back. I could have used wood blocks to secure them even more, but that didn't occur to me at the time I built it. The structure itself looks pretty unstable in the video because of 2 things: 1 - it's on a smooth tile floor in a school, so even pushing it a little from the side causes it to move and 2 - I'm 200+ pounds, so dynamic movement with my weight caused the majority of my room to shake. :) It felt stable under my weight.

[dasgemuse]

they should have been bolted in using a washer in the back. this makes it more expensive, but anything worth doing is worth doing right

[blackpanther2819]

@dasgemuse The rungs? I used washers for all the supports, but the rungs are just screw into the plywood. If you are thinking of doing rungs that are bolted on, you must consider the size of the wood for the rungs and the size of your bolts. By drilling through the rungs and the plywood to pass a bolt through, it will create a weak point in the rung that drastically increases your chances of splitting a rung when radically loading it, like when you do dyno's and such. IMO

[pr0gfreak]

How high is the bottom of the board off the ground?

[blackpanther2819]

@pr0gfreak It might be about 4 feet, maybe a little less. I had to sit with my legs crossed when I start.

[blackpanther2819]

@q8climber7 I tried to do the best I could. How would you have done it? And you have heard of the pause button, right?

[slipthejab]

wow. You lose the internet. Give your mom back her keyboard.

[mole2k]

Nice video, i've been thinking of making up my own campus board to start training my fingers specifically and this looks like a great simple and sturdy design!

[FuriousFTW]

@blackpanther2819 lol it wasn't helpful to him because he isn't intelligent enough to comprehend...i understood everything just fine, and this video was awesome. lol

[enrieby]

Thanks for making this video. It's given me the idea and confidence to make my own board : D