DIY Harbor Freight Foam Target
here are the items you need, now as you read through this there are obviously different ways you could do this, below is just how I did it....I ran with 4 packs of the foam pads.
I used these 24" cable/zip ties because they were there and only $1.99
Now pick a corner to start working off of to poke your holes.
I used a speed square because it was in the tool drawer in the back yard and
I did not know what I had done with my any of my many tape measures...
Pay attention to the jigsawed corners as two sides are open and two sides are filled with leftover spacers for the outer edges if you actually used them for what they were made to be used for.
I started on the one corner without the extra pieces.
then it does not matter which adjacent corner you go to next since it will have the extra pieces involved, just measure from where the large pieces edge is. Also take note of the brick and piece of wood under..just so you don't shatter your owners patio table
Then feed one of the 24" cable/zip ties through the hole and engage it...I did not pull them down tight, just engaged them...this is so that if you want to be able to flip them around, it is much easier when the zip tie is loose. You don't have to use a zip tie but when I was at harbor freight, that small pack of zip ties was $1.99...so I didn't fight it...now do the other corner.
here is where we are so far:
I was going to use some rattle cans to paint a bullseye on the face of the block but then remembered in a re-bluing kit I have, there was a freebie target in there...small, but would suffice
Now add a little bit of this:
Get your sights all tweaked up:
and to end my newbie day, this is what I ended up with:
yes they are all over the place but that was in getting the sight all nailed down and me trying to figure out which pin to use at the distance I was at...45 feet roughly, first worked toward getting steady on one pin, then once I nailed it down, figured I wanted the top pin to be a bit closer so moved around between the second and third pin for the 45 feet I was at...couldn't see needing anything closer or even really needing anything further out...but again, new-b so....whatcha think?
here are a couple coupons I used yesterday to get the pads down to $6.49 and a 20% off coupon which didn't amount to much on this but might on something more expensive:
here are the items you need, now as you read through this there are obviously different ways you could do this, below is just how I did it....I ran with 4 packs of the foam pads.
I used these 24" cable/zip ties because they were there and only $1.99
Now pick a corner to start working off of to poke your holes.
I used a speed square because it was in the tool drawer in the back yard and
I did not know what I had done with my any of my many tape measures...
Pay attention to the jigsawed corners as two sides are open and two sides are filled with leftover spacers for the outer edges if you actually used them for what they were made to be used for.
I started on the one corner without the extra pieces.
then it does not matter which adjacent corner you go to next since it will have the extra pieces involved, just measure from where the large pieces edge is. Also take note of the brick and piece of wood under..just so you don't shatter your owners patio table
Then feed one of the 24" cable/zip ties through the hole and engage it...I did not pull them down tight, just engaged them...this is so that if you want to be able to flip them around, it is much easier when the zip tie is loose. You don't have to use a zip tie but when I was at harbor freight, that small pack of zip ties was $1.99...so I didn't fight it...now do the other corner.
here is where we are so far:
I was going to use some rattle cans to paint a bullseye on the face of the block but then remembered in a re-bluing kit I have, there was a freebie target in there...small, but would suffice
Now add a little bit of this:
Get your sights all tweaked up:
and to end my newbie day, this is what I ended up with:
yes they are all over the place but that was in getting the sight all nailed down and me trying to figure out which pin to use at the distance I was at...45 feet roughly, first worked toward getting steady on one pin, then once I nailed it down, figured I wanted the top pin to be a bit closer so moved around between the second and third pin for the 45 feet I was at...couldn't see needing anything closer or even really needing anything further out...but again, new-b so....whatcha think?
here are a couple coupons I used yesterday to get the pads down to $6.49 and a 20% off coupon which didn't amount to much on this but might on something more expensive:
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