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home woodie wooden holds 15-Feb-2003 At 9:52:29 PM ben cossey

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maybe im a bit late, but ive made a pile of woodern holds in my time and if you put a bit more time in they can easliy be better than the purchased ones.
i think pine is the best for the job,if MDF is what i think it is than it it can fall apart after a while and gets all furrie,very unplesent.

in my hold making kit i have a electric sander,a plane(not electric)this allows great control and error correction,a few different sized chisels which are awsome for rounding the edges of pockets and have alot of other uses.a tennon saw for making prisise smooth cuts and a big mean saw for getting the basic shape.
a rowter is the bomb for making campus rungs,but the bits can be expensive so i tend to use the plane and some sand paper.
i like that emry cloth insted of the sand paper with actual paper.around 120 grit great.

try to make them as smooth as possible so as to be able to train on them longer,so your not burning your skin out in the gym, so you can have more fun when you hit the rocks.
it might take a little while to get used to it and to be able the real technical shapes,so let your imagination guide you as you search for that ever elusive perfect shape.

PS.if you make a long shape and its always spinning ,stick screw in one end,thatll stop the bugger in its tracks.

peace out.ben c