FROGO207
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I am going to make a new self supporting target stand to utilize some free cardboard spacers I can get. The range I shoot at requires that all target stands are made of wood materials to keep from puncturing the tires of the mower. So I am able to get some approximately 4' square thin cardboard spacers that a local bottler discards after consuming plastic bottles for their product. Like 80 or more each week of them. I already have a 6" tall stack of them I dragged home.
They are pallet sized more or less and just over twice as thick as poster paper. I plan on making two folding target stands of an upside down "T" sided self supporting design I can slide the cardboard into, that will fold up flat for transport. One for full sized sheets and one for 1/4 sized sheets. I will use strapping and dowels and make them to conform to range standards. Then add some small florescent orange dots for a bullseye and I should be able to shoot free targets for life. I will post pictures of what I come up with---when I eventually get around to doing this in the fall. Have any of you guys ever already made anything similar? Someone might have a better idea than mine.
I already asked about PVC to make the frame and was told wood only for the stands.
They are pallet sized more or less and just over twice as thick as poster paper. I plan on making two folding target stands of an upside down "T" sided self supporting design I can slide the cardboard into, that will fold up flat for transport. One for full sized sheets and one for 1/4 sized sheets. I will use strapping and dowels and make them to conform to range standards. Then add some small florescent orange dots for a bullseye and I should be able to shoot free targets for life. I will post pictures of what I come up with---when I eventually get around to doing this in the fall. Have any of you guys ever already made anything similar? Someone might have a better idea than mine. I already asked about PVC to make the frame and was told wood only for the stands.
