Diy End Grain Axe Throwing Targets
Building Your Axe Throwing Target. Step 1: Screw the front and back spreaders to the ends of the bottom lengths. Step 2: Screw a spreader approximately in the center of the bottom lengths. Step 3: Screw one of the upright vertical length spreaders to the top of the vertical lengths. It should be flush with the front of the vertical lengths. Step 4: Screw the other upright vertical length. All International Axe Throwing League targets require a subframe layer at least 1½ inches deep behind the rebound. The goal is to install it on a concrete wall or A-frame. The recommended thickness is 4½ inches, equivalent to the thickness of three 2 × 10 planks.
Diy End Grain Axe Throwing Target Dimensions
At first I built various side grain targets out of4'x4' and 4'x6' lumber which wore out pretty quickly. Now I have come up with an 'end-grain' target thatworks really well, especially if I spray it with ahose each time before I use it, as suggested in The Great Throwzini's 101 knife throwing tips. I use 6'x6' posts cut to 5 1/2' lengths which areheld, pressure fit only, within a frame of 2'x6'pressure treated lumber. The side pieces, (legs), are 5'6' long. I arrangethe 6'x6' 'end-grain' blocks between the legs,leaving space for a 2'x6' cross piece at the top,and press them together with strong pipe clamps onthe outside of the legs. I cut top and bottom cross pieces out of the 2'x6'lumber just slightly shorter than the space betweenthe side pieces and place them between the legs. Next, I cinch the whole assembly up tight with sideto side and top to bottom clamps, then I drill guideholes and draw everything up tight with 2 - 3/8'x4'hex head screws and washers through the legs and intoeach end of the cross pieces. I also counter-sink the screw heads so they do notstick out where the knife could hit them. Finally, I screw a backing made of plywood or scrap1' x whatever lumber on the back of the target so theindividual end-grain blocks don't get forced out theback by heavy knife hits. I use the targets by leaning them against a tree,but I could also attach 6'6' angle pieces at the topof each side to make them free-standing. One target I made is a single target made up of 15end-grain blocks arranged three across and five down. The other is a double target with 18 blocks in twothree by three sets separated by a middle cross pieceof 2'x6' lumber. The middle cross piece puts the target centers alittle further apart and makes it safer to throw twoknives at a time without having them hit each other. The extra cross piece also helps to keep all theblocks tightly in place, since the top to bottom spanis 6' longer on the double target. Perhaps other people have figured out this samedesign. It provides a really nice end grain-targetfor a total cost of about $30 each. After I saw a video of the movie 'Still Breathing'I bought a set of Mini-Blazing Arrows and made anindoor target out of plain 2'x4' lumber, with15 - 6'x6' end-grain blocks cut only 3 1/4' thick. It costs even less and also works great! Steve Marion It's free, and there's no obligation. | Want to improve your accuracy? CLICK HERE FREE STUFF CLICK HERE for FREE 101 Knife Throwing Tips Info-Pak Want hundreds of great knife throwing tips, ideas, articles and interviews with some of the biggest names in the sport of knife throwing? Get our FREE, twice-a-month Great Throwzini Online Newsletter. Just click below and send. CLICK HERE for FREE Online Newsletter or send e-mail to: bigfishtips@gmail.com with SUBSCRIBE in the Subject Line. I respect your privacy and will never share or sell your e-mail address to anyone. |