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caveman
Dec 29, 2002, 8:19 PM
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im thinking of building a slackline in my basement, and i'm wondering how it could be done. how much webbing to use, how to secure the webbing onto the walls and so on.
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goingtohellquick
Jan 4, 2003, 6:00 PM
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The basement???? sounds a little dangerous? what do you have to wrap, hot water heater?
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sparky
Jan 8, 2003, 3:35 AM
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I tried it but my parents about kicked me out when they saw I was placing bolts down there.
I set mine up with five bolts
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] x---/ /---x [
]x 0-----------0 [
] x---/ /---x [
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]=wall
x=bolt
0=point of equalization
--=line
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/ = brace
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* is slack taken out of line after tightening
An explantion of the above:
Place two sets of bolts opposite one another and as close to the walls as possible, equalize each side then clip it to the line, just past the equalized point on each side i reccomed some type of a brace to 1- get the line off of the floor and 2- keep the line from turning under your feet. Big coolers work anything with a flattop that is stable is good, take the line and clip it two the fifth bolttighten it with your favorite method, then halfhitch the tightened line to the equalized anchor and enjoy yourself.
If you don't have a hammer drill buy one from walmart use it once and return it, wal-mart will take anything back.
If this comes out $#!&ty its because i am about to fall asleep, if you have no clue what I said lemme know, enjoy!
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therealbovine
Jan 13, 2003, 3:13 PM
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I agree with putting a couple of bolts in the floor at either end of the slackline, and equalizing them with a runner, and clipping the runner into the line. To get the line up to the desired height, I'd build a wooden "A" frame. You can find a picture of one of these on slackline.com. They work great. If you've never set up a slackline before, or you are just in need of a better way and/or easier tensioning system, check out ethosclimbing.com. They make a few rigs that are ready to go, and could be set up in your basement or outdoors easily. Good luck!
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