Production ready 3D design for adjustable climbing wall
Budget: $250 – $750 AUD
Production ready 3d design for adjustable climbing wall
#Project Overview
I would like to build an adjustable angle rock climbing wall. There are several commercially available options - but I would like to make my own. I will build at least 4 of them, and if we make something good, we may be able to sell them in the future too. So I like the idea of building our own rather than buying one off the shelf.
The goal of this specific project is to design the mechanical frame and deliver production ready CAD files that we can send to a fabricator.
#Reference Materials
Some photos attached. Further information can be found below:
Walltopia (latest design shown below, but older examples can be found on google image search)
https://cdn.walltopia.com/wp-content/uploads/20240722115059/Walltopia_AdjustableAngleBoard-1.pdf
Grasshopper
https://grasshopperclimbing.com/our-walls/
Revival Climbing
https://www.revivalclimbing.com/adjustable-climbing-wall
Everactive
https://essentialclimbing.com/collections/everactive-adjustable-walls
Benky Climbing
https://benkyclimbing.com/web/kilterboardmoonboardtensionboardbrandboard/
#Design constraints
The design must be robust and heavy duty to survive for 20 years in a commercial environment. However it also needs to be cost effective to manufacture. And can’t be unnecessarily heavy - because this will be installed on the second floor of an older building.
Our design should be freestanding and self supporting. The building where we are installing them is made of old brick - so we can’t rely on the walls for support. And the floors are timber. So we can’t bolt into them like a concrete slab.
Dimensions: Three of the boards will be 3.6 x 3.6 and the fourth will be 4.8(w) x 3.6.
I am in Australia, where cost of labour is high, so we should prioritise laser cut and folded steel sheets (I define sheet <6mm) rather than welded or machined components.
Most commercial examples use a linear actuator to adjust the angle. I expect we would do the same. At this early stage I haven’t selected a model, that will be done after we have the core mechanical frame designed and we know what stroke length and pushing/pulling force we need to support the wall.
I only have immediate plans to make 4 (+1 maybe for testing). So we should utilise off the shelf components wherever possible.
#Further thoughts
The designs we will put on the wall (Kilter Board, Tension Board 2, Decoy, Moon), they have slightly different bolt patterns. So before we actually manufacture the frame, we will need to double check that whatever method we use to mount the plywood panels to the frame, that there is no collision with the bolt pattern of the holds.
Any further discussions about specifics can take place after the contract has been awarded.
#Project Overview
I would like to build an adjustable angle rock climbing wall. There are several commercially available options - but I would like to make my own. I will build at least 4 of them, and if we make something good, we may be able to sell them in the future too. So I like the idea of building our own rather than buying one off the shelf.
The goal of this specific project is to design the mechanical frame and deliver production ready CAD files that we can send to a fabricator.
#Reference Materials
Some photos attached. Further information can be found below:
Walltopia (latest design shown below, but older examples can be found on google image search)
https://cdn.walltopia.com/wp-content/uploads/20240722115059/Walltopia_AdjustableAngleBoard-1.pdf
Grasshopper
https://grasshopperclimbing.com/our-walls/
Revival Climbing
https://www.revivalclimbing.com/adjustable-climbing-wall
Everactive
https://essentialclimbing.com/collections/everactive-adjustable-walls
Benky Climbing
https://benkyclimbing.com/web/kilterboardmoonboardtensionboardbrandboard/
#Design constraints
The design must be robust and heavy duty to survive for 20 years in a commercial environment. However it also needs to be cost effective to manufacture. And can’t be unnecessarily heavy - because this will be installed on the second floor of an older building.
Our design should be freestanding and self supporting. The building where we are installing them is made of old brick - so we can’t rely on the walls for support. And the floors are timber. So we can’t bolt into them like a concrete slab.
Dimensions: Three of the boards will be 3.6 x 3.6 and the fourth will be 4.8(w) x 3.6.
I am in Australia, where cost of labour is high, so we should prioritise laser cut and folded steel sheets (I define sheet <6mm) rather than welded or machined components.
Most commercial examples use a linear actuator to adjust the angle. I expect we would do the same. At this early stage I haven’t selected a model, that will be done after we have the core mechanical frame designed and we know what stroke length and pushing/pulling force we need to support the wall.
I only have immediate plans to make 4 (+1 maybe for testing). So we should utilise off the shelf components wherever possible.
#Further thoughts
The designs we will put on the wall (Kilter Board, Tension Board 2, Decoy, Moon), they have slightly different bolt patterns. So before we actually manufacture the frame, we will need to double check that whatever method we use to mount the plywood panels to the frame, that there is no collision with the bolt pattern of the holds.
Any further discussions about specifics can take place after the contract has been awarded.