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CLIMBING NET
Age 9+
Safety First!
Use eye protection, always!
Use ear protection with loud power tools
Stay with kids while they work!
Follow tool manufacturers’ safety guidelines
This project is recommended for ages 9+
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TOOLS
Pencil
Clamps
Drill and drill bits
Scissors
Tape measure
Butane lighter or stick matches
Screw guide accessory for drill (optional)
Yardstick or spare piece of lumber
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SUPPLIES
Heavy duty twisted nylon rope - (not braided)
Masking tape
Five 3-½-inch [8.9 cm] #8 screws
Five carabiners
Ten eye-bolts - 3/8-inch x 4 inches [0.9 cm x 10 cm]
Eye-bolts
Carabiners
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Overview
Ella's climbing net can be installed indoors or outdoors and it's
incredibly simple to make and hang!
2. Measure
Measure out five vertical rope lengths at 16 feet [487.7 cm] each, and
ten horizontal ropes at 8 feet [243.8 cm] each.
1. Choose
There are so many choices in the rope aisle at Lowe's and we tried all
of them! After seeing how the knots performed in different kinds of
rope, we recommend choosing twisted nylon rope rather than braided
rope because it holds the knots better.
3. Cut
Synthetic rope loves to unravel when its cut, so wrap masking tape
around the rope on either side of the cut before you slice through it
with heavy duty scissors.
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4. Heat
After cutting, melt the ends of the rope to prevent raveling. Be sure to
keep fingers and hands away from the hot nylon!
TIP
You'll need to anchor the vertical ropes to make it easier to tie
multiple knots. You can either tie them off on long partly-sunk screws
(shown below) or you can tie the ropes around a long board to anchor
them. 5. Drill and drive
Drill five evenly-spaced pilot holes in the work surface (12 inches
[30.5 cm] apart) and then partially drive in 3-inch [7.6 cm] screws,
leaving enough height to tie the rope around.
TIP
Use a double overhand knot to tie the vertical ropes to the screws. For
reference, a single overhand knot is the very first step you take in
tying your shoe. To make the double overhand knot, just repeat the
same action of crossing the rope over, around and up. Page 5
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6. Tighten
Then pull the knot tight to lock it. It forms a pretty figure-8 shape.
7. Mark
Now that you've got your vertical ropes anchored, use chalk to mark
out a grid that will show you exactly where you need to tie the knots
to create your climbing net.
8. Tie
Time to start tying double overhand knots in the vertical ropes at
each junction on the grid. With the first knot, you'll need to pull a LOT
of rope through, then after that the tail will get shorter with each
successive knot.
9. Keep tying
Continue tying knots in the vertical ropes until they're knotted from
top to bottom.
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10. Position the horizontals
Lay out the horizontal ropes across the grid above the existing knots.
11. Secure the horizontal knots in position using the same double
overhand knot, each locked in place by the knots you already tied in
the vertical strands of rope.
TIP
Keep pulling the finished net up until you've completed all of the
horizontal knots. 12. Tie a loop
At the top of each vertical rope, take the excess rope, double it and tie
a single overhand knot which becomes a loop. Page 7
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13. Attach carabiner
Slip a carabiner through the loop you just made.
14. Repeat
Keep going until you've fastened carabiners to the tops of all five
vertical ropes.
15. Attach
Drill pilot holes and install heavy duty eye-bolts. Space the three
centre eye-bolts one foot [30.5 cm] apart to match the climbing net.
Stretch the two end loops out as far as they can go to help stabilize
the net. Then clip the five carabiners to the eye-bolts.
Tip
Install a few more eye-bolts at the bottom to anchor the net - you'll
probably need a screwdriver passed through the hole of the eye-bolt
to give yourself enough leverage to tighten it completely.
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17. Clip
Clip carabiners onto the eye-bolts at the bottom edge of the net...
...and climb!
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