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I'm looking to built a cheap and inexpensive paper target stand for shooting at my home range. I have several of the tall silhouette style targets and will be using others as well.
Any ideas on how to build a good stand?
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Posted 27 June 2012 - 10:35 AM
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Posted 27 June 2012 - 01:27 PM
Two pieces of 2x4 wood cut to the width of your target (plus a little). Two pieces of lath cut 3 inch's shorter. Put lath between wood and screw together. Center the lath between pieces. Cut two more 2x4's as legs to be screwed to the cut ends of the 2x4's. Drill holes near the ends of the legs to drive large spikes through.
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Posted 27 June 2012 - 02:44 PM
I made several stands out of PVC pipe and 1"x2" wooden strips. Kinda, sorta, based on this design
You can get everything at Lowes for less than $10 per stand
You can get everything at Lowes for less than $10 per stand
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 07:28 AM
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 08:44 AM
I made several stands out of PVC pipe and 1"x2" wooden strips. Kinda, sorta, based on this design
You can get everything at Lowes for less than $10 per stand
Rock on... thanks for posting that! I have been looking for affordable stands and this is perfect.
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 07:30 PM
I did the same thing, they work great !I made several stands out of PVC pipe and 1"x2" wooden strips. Kinda, sorta, based on this design
You can get everything at Lowes for less than $10 per stand
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 10:13 PM
Here's my home made stand made from a 6' metal fence post. Raw materials $8.16 plus a little bit of E70S-6 welding wire and C25 gas.
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 06:05 AM
Here's my home made stand made from a 6' metal fence post. Raw materials $8.16 plus a little bit of E70S-6 welding wire and C25 gas.
yup. i made several just like that (i used angle as i had no fence posts.).
any other ideas for hand made swingers? photos please.
thanks
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 08:25 AM
If you have a welder, 1" box tube ans 1x2 makes nice stands that will stack.
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 08:59 AM
Nice work j! 
Obviously, the middle crossbar or cross tube in that pic would be 18 inches in length, which IIRC is the width of a USPSA humanoid target.
But what about the length of the two legs?
Do you have a way of staking those stands to the ground?
Obviously, the middle crossbar or cross tube in that pic would be 18 inches in length, which IIRC is the width of a USPSA humanoid target.
But what about the length of the two legs?
Do you have a way of staking those stands to the ground?
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 05:42 PM
They are 2' in length. An L shaped stake over the center bar holds them in place.
Here is another modular one I use also. Works great with butcher paper for very long distance targets and backers as you can make it as big as the sticks you have. Also sticks in the feet keep it stable without sticks. A little bit more involved so i protected the 1x2 box with two layers of angle.
Here is another modular one I use also. Works great with butcher paper for very long distance targets and backers as you can make it as big as the sticks you have. Also sticks in the feet keep it stable without sticks. A little bit more involved so i protected the 1x2 box with two layers of angle.
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 07:50 PM
Here's my home made stand made from a 6' metal fence post. Raw materials $8.16 plus a little bit of E70S-6 welding wire and C25 gas.
yup. i made several just like that (i used angle as i had no fence posts.).
any other ideas for hand made swingers? photos please.
thanks
Here is my home made hill billy swinger and activator target with some cable linking them.
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 12:58 PM
Here's my El Cheapo target stands I built from scrap lumber. All 2X4 peices were 18-1/2" except the one loose piece that clamps in the two 1X2's. That piece I made 18". To keep the center "loose" piece from spinning all around during storage and transport, I drilled an oversized hole in the center piece, then pounded in a long nail into the loose piece that would loosely go into that hole.
And that back "stabilizer bar" as I call it, is just some extra from the 8' 1X2 uprights. The 2X4 lumber I used were old 8 foot long, twisted 2X4's, but since the 2X4's needed are so short, I can use long twisted boards that I wouldn't be able to use for other projects. Because of that, the total cost for 10 of these with the uprights and hardware was 12.30!
I made some nice steel ones also, but I like these ones so much more that I'm only going to make these from now on.
And that back "stabilizer bar" as I call it, is just some extra from the 8' 1X2 uprights. The 2X4 lumber I used were old 8 foot long, twisted 2X4's, but since the 2X4's needed are so short, I can use long twisted boards that I wouldn't be able to use for other projects. Because of that, the total cost for 10 of these with the uprights and hardware was 12.30!
I made some nice steel ones also, but I like these ones so much more that I'm only going to make these from now on.
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Posted 21 November 2012 - 07:32 PM
Made this one for shooting steel.
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Angle iron will last longer than the 2x4 and won't get splinters in your hand.
Look at the arangement of the short angle iron pieces in #12, you can slip a long section of angle between the two.
Look at the arangement of the short angle iron pieces in #12, you can slip a long section of angle between the two.
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Thanks for the idea!
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Posted 23 November 2012 - 12:00 AM
Mod ... please move this to the appropriate section if this isn't the right area.
I'm looking to built a cheap and inexpensive paper target stand for shooting at my home range. I have several of the tall silhouette style targets and will be using others as well.
Any ideas on how to build a good stand?
How about real cheap?
When I need to cart in all my equipment, I use two tent stakes and two 6" long pieces of PVC pipe.
Drive the spike into the ground leaving around 7" above ground.
Slip the PVC pipe over the spike and slip the 1x2 target stick along side the spike.
Cost about $2 per target unless you got a bunch of PVC left over from another project.
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Real cheap would have been November 7th and campaign signs/mounts.
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Great ideas for target stands. Wish I had a plasma cutter to make the steel stands
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I'm looking to built a cheap and inexpensive paper target stand for shooting at my home range. I have several of the tall silhouette style targets and will be using others as well.
Any ideas on how to build a good stand?
How about real cheap?
When I need to cart in all my equipment, I use two tent stakes and two 6" long pieces of PVC pipe.
Drive the spike into the ground leaving around 7" above ground.
Slip the PVC pipe over the spike and slip the 1x2 target stick along side the spike.
Cost about $2 per target unless you got a bunch of PVC left over from another project.
Bill
Great idea Bill. Thanks for posting. That has to be the easiest and least expensive target stand I have ever heard of.
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