Tutorial: How to build your own DIY Archery Target buttress.
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- A quick tutorial on how to make your own archery target buttress. I've used cardboard boxes, pine planks, 12mm diameter steel threaded rods, washers and nuts. You can use other materials like foam or rubber strips if you can source them.
Sentient Archery always recommends rather practicing at a designated archery range. If you do decide to shoot your bow at home, please take extreme measures to make sure it is safe to do so. It does not matter how good you are, mistakes happen, equipment fails and stray arrows are extremely dangerous (even lethal). A SOLID and very tall backstop directly behind your target buttress is an absolute necessity. Soft material backstops like shade-cloth are not adequate for stopping arrows effectively.
The dimensions and materials will need to be adapted to the size of the target you want to build or the size of the cardboard you have but here is a list of the materials I used (below). All materials should be available from a hardware store such as Builders Warehouse. I purchased mine from a local Agricultural & Hardware Supplier.
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Total Expenses: R434.00
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Approx. 100 x Corrugated Cardboard Boxes @ Free from friendly neighbour
1 x Pine Plank (70mm x 45mm x 3m) - Cut into exactly 4 equal lengths of 750mm each = R192.00
1 x Pine Plank (70mm x 45mm x 1.8m) - Cut into exactly 4 equal lengths of 450mm each = R96.00
4 x Steel Threaded Rods (12mm diameter x 1m length) @ R32.50ea = R130.00
8 x Steel Washers (12mm) @ R0.50 = R4.00
8 x Steel Nuts (12mm) @ R1.50 = R12.00
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Tools Required:
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Tape measure
Power Drill (with 12mm wood bit)
Wood Saw
Shifting Spanner - Спорт
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.
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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.
Awesome bro. I have a food service department at my work that throws away cardboard daily. Nice.
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.
@@pokerman9108 I find that old blue jeans are very tough. If you pack them lightly, the arrows may bounce off.
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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.
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.
u dont need treaded rod all the way just some bolts attached to a bent electrical conduit bent and you can tencion that way
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??
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
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.
I have a similar target but using rubber. The threaded bar I covered by pushing garden hose over it.
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