I've been looking at other ranges, and I've been doing some drawing, and this morning, I decided to try a proof-of-concept with PVC pipe. Just down the road we've got a big plumbing distributor, so I took the tuck to see what I could come up iwth.
1" Schedule 40 PVC is a pretty good proving ground.
That's not the final design, but it got me to wonderin' and it got me to thinking.
That's not the final design, but it's got a lot of promise.
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One target or two? Looks like it's about six feet wide. Does that give enough side backstop?
No, Jim, that's one lane at the minimum width.
It's a little wobbly, and I'm not completely happy with it. Again, this is just a first prototype. I'll get some expert opinion and rework it this week. I'm playing with some concepts in my head, and don't want to spend any more money until I "pick some brains", but I have only $20.00 tied up in this iteration.
PVC tends to flex, so consider using either a hybrid of electrician's metal tubing (EMT) and PVC or all EMT.
You are probably going to put weights on the feet in either case, so think about a simple string guy wire from either the weight or the foot that would go up to the top corner, get secured by using a clove hitch then down to the back weight.
Try adding a guy wire from opposite corner to opposite corner to cut down on racking movement.
If this works, then change to stainless braided wire, snap hooks and a few turnbuckles.
The guy wire system holds up a lot of antennas, and was and still is used on airplanes.
hahaha dad, log out and log back in. i wad on your computer yesterday. you posted that under my name!
Ah, understood..."Michelle" :-D
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