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Ring Blueprints
Tools:
Hammer
drill & bits
Jig saw
Circular saw
tape measure
elec. screw driver
staple gun
square
level
wrench
bolt cutters or hack saw
razor knife
Materials
Ring mat:
6- 2x4x8'
4- 2x6x12'
6- 2x4x12'
6- 4'x8'x1/2" ply wood
12'x12' 1/4" thick carpet padding
2 1/2" deck screws
1 5/8" deck screws
8 tires
2- old mattress/ box spring sets
12'x12' canvas painters drop cloth
Ring Ropes
4- 4"x4"x 6'
16- 6" carriage blots, nuts, washers
12- Universal links ( 400lb work load)
12- 3/8'x 8" I-hook bolts with nuts and large washers
3- 45' lengths of 840lb work load cable
1- 55' length of 840lb work load cable
22- cable clamps
4- turn buckle adjusters
120' of garden hose( to cover cables)
Old couch cushion foam ( turn buckle pad)
old T-shirt ( padding cover)
Step 1:
Trim the ends of the four 2x6x12's at 45 degrees. Then put them together
to make a 12'x12' frame Using the 2 1/2" screws. ( Figure 1)
Step 2:
Using a 2x4x8 cut 4 18" pieces and trim both ends at 45 deg. to fit into
the corners. Square it up and center the corner brace set 1 1/2" down from
the top then fasten it with the 1 5/8" screws. ( figure 2)
Step 3:
Using another 2x4x8 cut 4 12" pieces and fasten them centered on each
interior side of the frame set 1 1/2" down from the top and fasten with
2 1/2" screw (figure3)
Step 4:
Using a 2x4x12' Laying Flat, cut to length and attach from one side to
the other and fasten onto the
centered 12" 2x4 mount. Then cut the 2x4x12' at 6' centered ( figure 4-1)
Repeat same for other side (figure 4-2)
Step 5:
Using the 2x4x8's laying flat, attach from corner to center cut to
length and fasten to corner brace only.
Repeat for all corners (figure 5) All of the ends in the middle
should be flopping, un-attached to anything.
Step 6:
Cut a 4'x8' piece of ply wood in half to make 2 4x4 sheets. using one of
them (save the other for later) place it under the center flopping ends,
center it, and fasten it using the 1 5/8" screws. fasten generously.
( figure 6) It should now be very bouncy in the middle
Step 7:
Now lay out the plywood out in the following pattern (figure7-1) you
should have one piece of 4x8 plywood left. cut it into four 1'x 7'4.5" pieces.
Fasten them over each plywood joint 1 1/2" away
from the edges using 1 5/8" screws every 4" (see figure 7-2)
NOTE: Be sure to screw from the top side that will be the mat surface!
Once completely fastened you should now have a 12'x 12' deck in each
corner, cut a 5 1/2"x 5 1/2" notch to allow for corner post mounting. (see fig 7-3)
Step 8:
Place the 12'x 12' deck onto the frame, center it, and fasten it to the
flexy 2x4's in the same pattern with the 1 5/8" screws every 8" or so.
also fasten around the edges every 6".
Step 9:
flip the mat up on end and place the mattress/ boxspring sets underneath
the mat as follows. (see fig 9-1)
and stack 2 tires under each corner and bind them together with some old
cloths line so that they stay stacked then fasten them to each under side
corner with screws as follows.( see fig 9-2)
Step 10:
Now take your 4"x 4"x 6's and place them into each corner, even with the
bottom of the mat frame. Drill holes for mounting bolts and bolt em in nice
and tight. ( Fig 10)
NOTE: make sure to drill the holes
so that the bolts do not intersect!
RING ROPES
Step 11:
Drill 3 holes from corner to corner in the 4x4's (fig 11) at 16" , 32",and 48"
up from the mat surface
and put the I bolts through with the ring on the inside. Repeat on all
corners.
and clip a U-link to each.
NOTE: DO NOT tighten I bolts more than a few turns! These will be
tension adjusters for ropes later.
Step 12:
Measure garden hose from corner to corner and cut to length. Then with a
45' length of cable feed it through
each of the 4 pieces of hose. once through, loop and clamp one end.
(fig 12)
Always make cable clamps very tight
Step 13:
Attach the looped end to a top U-link and then each corner at the gaps
in the hose.Pull the cable as tight as you can (get a friend or 2) Loop the end
through the same U-link you started at
pull it tight, and clamp it in a loop. Repeat the same for middle and
bottom ropes.
NOW YOU HAVE 3 ROPES! But they're not ready to use yet.
BEFORE TIGHTENING THE ROPES THE CORNER POSTS NEED COUNTER ANCHORING FROM
TOW-IN. To do this it depends on whether you build the ring indoors (
garage, barn etc.) or outdoors.
Step 14:
cut 55' cable into 8- 6' 8 3/4" pieces
with 2 pieces per corner using the cable clamps and 1 turn buckle per
corner make a setup like this. ( fig 14)
To mount indoors: Drill hole in wall studs aprox 12- 18" off of the
floor so the cable is at 45 deg angle from ring. ( fig 14-2)
loop one end over top corner and the other through the hole in the stud ( fig 15)
To mount outdoors: Drive 4' steel rods into the ground at a 45 deg angle leaving about 8-
12" out so the cable
is at 45 deg angle from ring. ( fig 14-2)
loop one end over top corner and the other over the end of the ground
rod and clamp in place( fig 15)
To tighten ropes tighten the outer support turn buckles FIRST. Then for
more tension tighten all of the corner post I-bolts.
If you did everything correctly you should have a nice shock absorbed
wrestling surface with ropes you can Bounce off of.
As for the turn buckle pads....
Just fold up some Padding from Egg crate padding or something, tie it in the corners
and , TADAA
LAST BUT NOT LEAST....
Lay out the padding onto the deck surface and put the canvas over it,
stretch it and staple it around the edges!
Total cost: $450- $500 ( depending on where you get the materials)
HAPPY WRESTLING!!!!