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HOW to DESIGN an AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR COURSE Like a Pro instructables HOW TO DESIGN AN AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR COURSE Like a Pro by howtobasic123 Every week, millions of viewers tune in to NBC's am in the process of making three more American American Ninja Warrior, to watch as ninjas from Ninja Warrior styled instructables. I have now every walk of life attempt to complete a series of completed building more than 10 different backyard iconic obstacles of increasing difficulty in the hope of courses (i'm pretty much an expert ninja warrior becoming an American Ninja Warrior. To many course builder) and through this Instructable I hope to American Ninja Warrior is just a source of aid people all over the world enjoy American Ninja entertainment but to many its a way of life. As the Warrior as much as I do. In this instructable i will give American Ninja Warrior community grows and gyms you my pro tips on creating your own american ninja start coming up all over the world there has a been an warrior course increase in the need for ninja specific training tools and course plans. This is my first instructable and I HOW TO DESIGN AN AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR COURSE Like a Pro: Page 1 Step 1: Designing Your Own Course There are many things to consider when designing a Things to consider: Ninja Warrior training course in your backyard or home. Many people think that they can just go to One of the most important things to consider is where home depot, get materials and start building. Sadly its to place your new American Ninja Warrior course. not that easy and there is alot that goes into creating The first thing is to make sure you are allowed to a safe Ninja Warrior training course,but the result is construct the course, some neighborhoods with what will create lasting memories and help you in associations require prior approval from the board of your journey to become the next American Ninja directors.Another thing to consider regarding the Warrior. There are many things to consider when spacing and location of your course is to make sure looking to build a ninja course. that your course is on your property (you dont want to deal with your neighbors). Also consider talking to choose the obstacles I want to include. I list it out and your neighbors prior to construction and informing estimate the sizing of each obstacle. After choosing them what you plan to build and get their thoughts. the obstacle i want i create a rough design of the When looking to build an American ninja warrior course on paper with dimensions and obstacles I course you must also think about is what obstacles hope to include (This step is very important). Having you plan to include and the sizing of your course. a good design will help you when you design a digital Most backyard courses start at around 8ftx10ftx12ft design or a more detailed sketch. Whenever I design but the size can change based on the obstacles a new Ninja Warrior course i use sketchup as a 3d desired and the complexity of your course. Another rendering tool. Sketchup is a very easy to use thing to consider is the cost of your course. Be sure to software and will help you visualize what your are design your course before actually beginning your going to be constructing. whether you sketch your construction this will help you save both time and design out by hand or design it digitally it is important money. Building a Ninja course starts at around to make a list of the hardware you plan to use and the $200.00 and increase drastically based on frame materials. materials,obstacles, and location. When designing your course it is also important to think about the For this instructable I chose to use a L-shaped design purpose of the course and the users. Things to with a platform on top. This course will be very similar consider include user age, skill of the users, to a treeless tree house. This American Ninja Warrior obstacles you want to include. Another to consider is tree house will feature a salmon ladder for access to safety make sure that you always plan for safety the top as well as a set of stairs for less skilled ninjas. issues look at local building codes and be sure to buy The course will feature a variety of obstacles. For this plenty of safety mats. It is also important to use the design I will be using wood for the construction. This right size metal,Pipe, and wood this will prevent the just One design you can use metal pipe, Square steel structure from breaking and causing injury. Plan for and just about anything. any scenario and also build with care and safety in mind. When designing a course the first thing I always do is HOW TO DESIGN AN AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR COURSE Like a Pro: Page 2 Step 2: Construct Your Course HOW TO DESIGN AN AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR COURSE Like a Pro: Page 3 After completing your designs for your American help hold the posts in place while positioning and Ninja Warrior course it is now time to start building leveling them, I temporarily screwed a 2x4 brace to the course itself. The first step is determine what the post so that its bottom edge was flush with the materials you will need and gather the materials and 48" mark. I then laid the 2x4 on the joist to gently hold tools needed for this course I will be using the it in place, leveled the post (clamped the level to the following Materials. During the construction Process i post to keep both my hands free), and clamped the didnt take any picture but I will walk you through the post the joist with a heavy-duty ratchet clamp. When steps of how i built the course. the post was plumb and securely clamped, I drilled through the post and joist to accommodate passage The first step in almost every Ninja course is setting of the bolt. Using a ratchet, I secured each bolt in the posts. used 4x4 PT posts for the posts, and ¾” place and then removed the 2x4 brace. To install the conduit for horizontal rails between the posts. The rails, I cut them with a saw about 1-2” longer than the conduit was inexpensive, each to install, and would space between adjacent posts, and was able to slide preserve our view. The conduit was also fairly easy the first end in one post, and slide/push the second (and fun!) to bend, which came in handy for the end in the other post. I wanted the rails just short ladder railing, and an interior railing around the loft enough (to maximize their lengths) to fit, which often ladder opening. required a few trial-and-error-cuts per rail. The rails are also relatively easily removable, in case I want Before installing the deck boards, I installed the posts them off the facilitate access to materials. In the since I still had access to the joists. Prior to installing future, I may add some caulk where each rail meets the posts, I cut each post to about long, and marked each post for a more permanent connection. (During each post exactly 48" from the top. I would line up the building process, after I knew I wouldn’t need this mark with the top of the joist that the post further access, and when my wife wanted extra secured to to ensure the tops of each post would line safety, I added top rails made from extra deck boards. up with each other. I then drilled holes in each post I also ripped a few boards on my table saw, screwed for the rails. Using the 48” mark, I evenly spaced them to the upper portions of each post, and just holes and drilled them using a guide to ensure they below the top rails.) were perpendicular to the face of the post. The guide also let me set the depth of each hole, which I set to The 2x8 PT floor joists are generally spaced 16 just under half the thickness of the post. To inches apart (on center) I marked one of the support accommodate ¾ conduit for the railings, the diameter beams (the “first beam”) where I planned to position of the holes was slightly larger than the outer each joist; I did not mark the second support beam as diameter of the conduit. Depending on where the the two beams are not exactly parallel to each other. posts were to be positioned on the platform, I drilled the holes in one face, two parallel faces, or on perpendicular faces of the posts. I decided to secure Since didnt want to screw the deck boards and the each post to a joist, where the joist meets the fascia; I plywood floor into a single joist, I used two joists opted not to secure the posts to the fascia so I could spaced fairly close together (3 inches) at the achieve a nice, clean look (without seeing bolt heads intersection of the deck and house (I added these randomly positioned along the fascia), and because extra joists after these pictures were taken). Tip: To the joists were able to bear more of a load than the determine this space between these two closely- fascia. I used two galvanized bolts, washers, nuts spaced joists, you should account for the thickness of and lock washers to secure each post to the joist.
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