I made a similar frame but used jute backed carpet. Got that from an installation companies dumpster. It was clean cutoff pieces leftover from a job. Works great, lasts a lot longer than cardboard and stops the arrows well. I used metal bracing that they use to hang pipes and cables. Make sure the carpet is jute backed only with no glue. Not rubber or foam. That stuff will stick to the arrows and is really hard to pull out.

Thank you.

2:13 ...I like to go to the city and dumpster dive various carpet install business's and take their carpet straps. (sometimes whole 10'x 30' pieces) and cut them to size, for the frame, a couple of ratchet straps and voila ....works great for outdoor stand in all weather conditions, as long as you put a tarp over it.

Awesome build my friend. I've wanted to try building one of these type targets. Thanks for posting. Supporting your channel. Have a great day

Nice design 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. I use old rug from a remodel. They were square segments from the factory

I'm going to compress three bales of straw this way then box it in with exterior grade plywood.

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Awesome bro. I have a food service department at my work that throws away cardboard daily. Nice.

@pokerman9108

3 жыл бұрын

Take that cardboard box and fill it with old cloths. You can pull the arrows out with two fingers. I shoot a 70lbs compound. Two fingers every time.

@georgeemil3618

3 жыл бұрын

@@pokerman9108 I find that old blue jeans are very tough. If you pack them lightly, the arrows may bounce off.

u dont need treaded rod all the way just some bolts attached to a bent electrical conduit bent and you can tencion that way

I've seen a lot of diy archery targets. I like the idea of layered corrugated cardboard. I don't like to layer foam or rubber because of environmental reasons. I don't want pieces of rubber falling all over the place. Cardboard damaged from use or weather can be easily replaced and thrown into the recycling bin. I worry about such a hard frame. Bad shots will get stuck in the wood and possibly break your arrow. I put all those cardboard layers inside corrugated cardboard boxes- open side facing the archer. As a backstop to protect my wall and my arrows, I make a whole bunch more corrugated cardboard targets and place them behind my main target to catch bad shots above and each side. I shoot a 40 lb recurve so I don't worry about my arrows shooting through my target. My set up would probably be too weak for compound bows.

@sentientarchery4541

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a perfect set up. The hard frame can be a problem. We find that the wood is soft enough to simply remove the arrow carefully without leaving the point behind. Sometime you need to split the wood with a screw driver next to the arrow first. The steel rods are the big problem. This can be resolved by adding strips of soft wood across the buttress in front of the steel rods to protect arrows.

Has anyone found similar lengths/widths for the rods and boards in inches? Having trouble converting these to imperial in the United States

I'm looking for a buttress for a crossbow ... arrows at 325 fps with bow at 120 # draw. What do you think??

@SentientArchery

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, I’m not sure. I don’t have much experience with regards to cross bows. This design can be tightened up a lot and works fine for high poundage compounds. Perhaps using some kind of hard foam or conveyor or belt as a backstop as well could help.

Id be very worried about the metal thread-bar.. if you hit that you'll rebound almost anywhere and probably destroy a part/all of your arrow

@sentientarchery4541

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the threaded bar can be a problem regarding arrow damage. I have seen arrows hit this bar many times usually the arrow bounces a metre or two back or skims past and behind the target into whatever backstop is present. A quick solution to this that I have used is to mount a strip of softwood across the front of the butt at the top and bottom in front of the bar. This will protect arrows quite well. The threaded bars are very useful for the maintenance of the butt. As the cardboard or foam softens from use, a spanner is all you need to tension the butt back up again or to take it apart to replace some of the material.

@garyfortington6641

5 ай бұрын

I have a similar target but using rubber. The threaded bar I covered by pushing garden hose over it.

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Shithouse for tuning broadheads..... strictly target heads only!!