I gotta start out saying I debated heavily on the title as I thought "Cam plays with wood too" might go sideways immediately....
Now getting back on track I normally only share metal Fab projects. And as a matter of fact I rarely ever do anything more then framing and trim work over the last couple decades. Recently my daughter hit me up for a simple mantel and matching cap for the TV surround. But more importantly a climbing wall for the grand babies. Well needles to say if it's for them, I'll get right on it and make something cool.
So we picked up a 24 piece assorted rock kit and I went to town making a backboard that is somewhat modular for mounting. In looking at the pieces they all offered a unique shape depending on how they're mounted so I wanted to take full advantage of that aspect. I also wanted to be able to change it up without having to remove it from the wall.
Here you have you're basic 4x8 sheet of birch plywood that's fully boxed. And because it'll be painted just went with preprimed composite trim. Everything is glued and nailed except for the cleat to the board, that's glued and screwed so the weight is hung from the board its self and not the perimeter framing. I decided to use the French cleat method so I cut those two pieces off one end. Fortunately the play room in my daughters house has one ten foot tall wall but I didn't want to make this exactly 8ft tall in the event they decide to move it at some point.
One of my major concerns were splinters. I recessed the backboard 1/4" in from the face of the framing. And because I'm lazy and didn't feel like mortising the framing just used some bar stock to gauge it with. Hopefully the pictures explain it better.
Now getting back on track I normally only share metal Fab projects. And as a matter of fact I rarely ever do anything more then framing and trim work over the last couple decades. Recently my daughter hit me up for a simple mantel and matching cap for the TV surround. But more importantly a climbing wall for the grand babies. Well needles to say if it's for them, I'll get right on it and make something cool.
So we picked up a 24 piece assorted rock kit and I went to town making a backboard that is somewhat modular for mounting. In looking at the pieces they all offered a unique shape depending on how they're mounted so I wanted to take full advantage of that aspect. I also wanted to be able to change it up without having to remove it from the wall.
Here you have you're basic 4x8 sheet of birch plywood that's fully boxed. And because it'll be painted just went with preprimed composite trim. Everything is glued and nailed except for the cleat to the board, that's glued and screwed so the weight is hung from the board its self and not the perimeter framing. I decided to use the French cleat method so I cut those two pieces off one end. Fortunately the play room in my daughters house has one ten foot tall wall but I didn't want to make this exactly 8ft tall in the event they decide to move it at some point.
One of my major concerns were splinters. I recessed the backboard 1/4" in from the face of the framing. And because I'm lazy and didn't feel like mortising the framing just used some bar stock to gauge it with. Hopefully the pictures explain it better.
