Here's a little project I just finished. It's a plinking target for an air-powered pellet gun or BB gun. The target is segmented into 5 pieces, a bullseye and 4 surrounding parts. Shoot at the bullseye and see what swings. Total material cost under $3 - almost all scrap!
Grant Erwin Kirkland, Washington
Extremely cool!
From what is the backstop made?
--Len
The backstop is 1/8" plate steel. It used to be the top of an old heat treating oven. It was very warped but I hammered it close to flat again with an 8 pound sledge. It has been painted with Hammerite to somewhat hide the pitting from rust. It is angled at about 10º forward to deflect errant shots downward.
Grant
Len wrote:
Neet!
Do the suspension arms ride in grooves on that horizontal shaft? (or are there tubular spacers in between them?)
Jeff
-- Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
"If you can keep smiling when things go wrong, you've thought of someone to place the blame on."
Neat! Hope you don't mind if I copy it.
Ed
The suspension arms are welded to the tubular spacers in some places, and there are free tubular spacers in others. The "axle" is just a piece of 5/16" CRS threaded on the ends.
Grant
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Hey Grant,
Pretty neat. Was the thought of making this brought on by any of the "Question - Home Shop Security" thread??? Seems like a few of these well placed with the Bulls-eyes all "plinked" to shit might make a thief think a bit
Take care.
Brian Laws>Here's a little project I just finished. It's a plinking target for
Not at all - my father-in-law had a flimsy target all shot to hell and I said "Heck, I could make one of those." That's all she wrote. Every time we went over there to Sunday dinner he'd ask if it was done yet.
Grant
Brian Laws> Hey Grant,
Sorta wind chimes for gun nuts!
Like the day I offered to give the door to door security system salesperson a demonstration of my "Staffordshire" alarm system, and my "Winchester" anti-theft device. City police were here within minutes, greeted by the household Bichon, suggested a NO SOLICITING sign, and then I could assist them to the curb. He also mentioned that the young lady had called in from the neighbourhood laundromat. Gerry :-)} London, Canada
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