Last Friday evening I had a few spare hours, so at 7:00PM, I set out to Home Depot in my van and bought:
1 6"x6"x8' pressure treated post (heavy)
1 2"x4"x10' stud
4 36"x5/16" all thread rods
8 nuts
8 washers
8 oz Gorilla Glue
Getting the 6x6 off the stack and onto the flatbed was difficult for me: getting it into the van was even harder. At home, I wrestled it into the garage and cut it into 25 cubes, each about 3.75" thick. I did it with my 10" mitre saw by making a full-depth cut and then rotating the post 180 deg, lining it up as best as I could, and doing a second cut. It wasn't perfect, but we're talking about a knife throwing target here... It would have been easier to manage if I'd cut the board into more manageable sections first, but I knew I wouldn't have much left over and I didn't want to cut it in the wrong place, so I started at the end and worked my way down 3.75" at a time. When I was done with that, I laid the blocks out on a plastic sheet, cut the 2x4 into 4 equal-length pieces, drilled holes through the end (through the 4" dimension) and made the two clamping jigs. Once I verified that it all fit OK, I put Gorilla glue on all the facing sides of the blocks, tapped them all down, tightened up the clamps and finished up at about 11:00 PM. 4 hours start to finish, including the trip to the store. I was patient, letting the target set up for over 24 hours, and didn't sett it up until Sunday. I've been using it since then, and it's a very nice target.
Overall, it seems to be a good size: any thicker, wider or taller and I probably wouldn't be able to lift it--it's over 80lbs as it is.
It seems that my unpaid membership doesn't allow attachments--hopefully you can access these pictures:
https://goo.gl/photos/bweAq91dAfKAwoNNA
1 6"x6"x8' pressure treated post (heavy)
1 2"x4"x10' stud
4 36"x5/16" all thread rods
8 nuts
8 washers
8 oz Gorilla Glue
Getting the 6x6 off the stack and onto the flatbed was difficult for me: getting it into the van was even harder. At home, I wrestled it into the garage and cut it into 25 cubes, each about 3.75" thick. I did it with my 10" mitre saw by making a full-depth cut and then rotating the post 180 deg, lining it up as best as I could, and doing a second cut. It wasn't perfect, but we're talking about a knife throwing target here... It would have been easier to manage if I'd cut the board into more manageable sections first, but I knew I wouldn't have much left over and I didn't want to cut it in the wrong place, so I started at the end and worked my way down 3.75" at a time. When I was done with that, I laid the blocks out on a plastic sheet, cut the 2x4 into 4 equal-length pieces, drilled holes through the end (through the 4" dimension) and made the two clamping jigs. Once I verified that it all fit OK, I put Gorilla glue on all the facing sides of the blocks, tapped them all down, tightened up the clamps and finished up at about 11:00 PM. 4 hours start to finish, including the trip to the store. I was patient, letting the target set up for over 24 hours, and didn't sett it up until Sunday. I've been using it since then, and it's a very nice target.
Overall, it seems to be a good size: any thicker, wider or taller and I probably wouldn't be able to lift it--it's over 80lbs as it is.
It seems that my unpaid membership doesn't allow attachments--hopefully you can access these pictures:
https://goo.gl/photos/bweAq91dAfKAwoNNA
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