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Indoor we use such design

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Outdoor - trees

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:) Oh, have many thanks. I guess it could be a little bit difficult, but let's see. And for outdoor: what do you think, could it work by a complete cross?
 
The design Image Maker posted looks as if it will work outdoors just fine, but you can make life easier on you by not bothing with the base and just digging a hole.

In my case, the crosses I have constructed for my photography is a 12 foot 4x4 fence post I purchased at a lumber yard for around $12. The patibulium is just a plank around 2x6, but even a 2x4 will do.

I dug a hole about 4 feet deep and re-enforced the stipes with smaller strips of flat wood, sticks and some rocks to help keep it from swaying with the body wieght of the model.

The patibulium is connected with 4 inch nails, but I sometimes use rope for extra support.

As for the sedile and cornu, I haven't had much luck with either. My girls found it easier without the sedile and so far I only have one model who was even willing to try a cornu, but was too afraid of injury when she was actually crucified. Unless the subject isn't moving at all on the cross, best to skip them.

I'm still having trouble with the footrests. I'd rather go without them, but again, my models find it too painful to stay up for very long without the extra support.

Good luck and Happy Cruxing!

-WelshWebb
 
It's certainly preferable to have a full-on cross. I am grateful for the generous plans offered thus far.

I have been fortunate enough to have been put to the wood in a few different ways, but a very simple cross that I rode a few times in the SF Bay area can be put together in moments with items readily available at a home improvement center.

I was invited to be the cruxee in an indoor Roman crucifixion. After my trial, sentence, scourging and torture I was led to a tall wooden step ladder. The ladder had a 2 x 6 piece of wood lashed with rope across the top for the crossbeam.

I was instructed to mount the ladder facing out, by going up with my back toward the steps. As soon as I reached the height where my arms could stretch fully along the crossbeam, I was fastened to it with my arms outstretched. To take care of not hurting the wrists they were wrapped in cloth and then bound by rope to the crossbeam.

A thought on this fastening might be to use suspension cuffs that allow the wrist and arm to take the weight better. Also use an open hook on each cuff that can attach to another open hook that has been screwed into the crossbeam on both sides. In this way the cruxee goes up the ladder backwards, can outstretch his/her arms and hook themselves to the crossbeam on their own, then step down the ladder a step or two or three until they are competely hanging, toes searching for the ground. The nice thing is that they can always step back up the ladder and free themselves on their own in an emergency.

In any event, this is a simple cross. I have been able to struggle without feeling like it will tip. I can hang fully stretched or step back up for a not so stretched feel. The lashed by rope cross beam feels very rigid, with no movement. So I would grade this as secure for a cruxing.

This cross also allows for an inverted crux. The cross beam is easily removed to be put on the ground, where my arms have been bound with rope tightly along the cross beam so my arms go straight along it. They bind my feet together and pull my feet up with rope to the top of the ladder, my back going up along the stairs for the inverted crux.

It does not have the beauty of a true T cross, but it is easy, the steps give it an element of safety, and it can get the job done.
 
The simplest way is to suspend the beam from the ceiling, like I did here for a pic made for montage
 
cruxmenow said:
It's certainly preferable to have a full-on cross. I am grateful for the generous plans offered thus far.

I have been fortunate enough to have been put to the wood in a few different ways, but a very simple cross that I rode a few times in the SF Bay area can be put together in moments with items readily available at a home improvement center.

I was invited to be the cruxee in an indoor Roman crucifixion. After my trial, sentence, scourging and torture I was led to a tall wooden step ladder. The ladder had a 2 x 6 piece of wood lashed with rope across the top for the crossbeam.

I was instructed to mount the ladder facing out, by going up with my back toward the steps. As soon as I reached the height where my arms could stretch fully along the crossbeam, I was fastened to it with my arms outstretched. To take care of not hurting the wrists they were wrapped in cloth and then bound by rope to the crossbeam.

A thought on this fastening might be to use suspension cuffs that allow the wrist and arm to take the weight better. Also use an open hook on each cuff that can attach to another open hook that has been screwed into the crossbeam on both sides. In this way the cruxee goes up the ladder backwards, can outstretch his/her arms and hook themselves to the crossbeam on their own, then step down the ladder a step or two or three until they are competely hanging, toes searching for the ground. The nice thing is that they can always step back up the ladder and free themselves on their own in an emergency.

In any event, this is a simple cross. I have been able to struggle without feeling like it will tip. I can hang fully stretched or step back up for a not so stretched feel. The lashed by rope cross beam feels very rigid, with no movement. So I would grade this as secure for a cruxing.

This cross also allows for an inverted crux. The cross beam is easily removed to be put on the ground, where my arms have been bound with rope tightly along the cross beam so my arms go straight along it. They bind my feet together and pull my feet up with rope to the top of the ladder, my back going up along the stairs for the inverted crux.

It does not have the beauty of a true T cross, but it is easy, the steps give it an element of safety, and it can get the job done.
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Hi. I am brand-new to this site, and I enjoyed reading about your crux activities in San Francisco.

I live in central California and would like to get in touch with fellow crux people to do a safe session. I'm willing to travel within California to do this.

Any suggestions or contacts for me? I'd be most grateful for the help!

Hang10
 
... and I thought somebody was building a cross...
;)
 
year project?:D
 
admihoek said:
year project?:D
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Well, actually if you want to do something "a bit more complex", besides a job and all, it takes months. You have seen my project over at the foundation (that I'll repost here as soon as there really is some good progress)?
 
that's why I thought it was long termproject:D
 
admihoek said:
that's why I thought it was long termproject:D
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Yes, but I need also to "catch" that crux girl that will be the ornamental part ;)
 

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I'll rather take them from a country that has a cross in the flag ;)
 
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