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Title: Slinging Target Boards
Post by stoneslinging on May 7^th, 2023 at 8:44pm

Hi there everyone,

I often see the wooden boards with metal discs used for general slinging and also competitions, and I am thinking of making one for myself.

How would one go about making one of these 'diana' boards?

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Title: Re: Slinging Target Boards
Post by Blindsquirrel on May 7^th, 2023 at 9:05pm

The simplest way is to get a 4ft x 4ft piece of plywood make a frame with 2 legs one on each side. Then add a 3rd support leg in the middle, to prop ur target up with. For the diana, go to a metal scrape yard and by an old aluminum road sign and cut out a 20” circle. Countersink a hole in the middle of the diana, for the mounting screw. I used a #10 stainless steel countersunk flat head screw to hold mine in place, which hass seen many hits and still going strong. On the back side of the diana I put a rubber grommet washer and a nut, this holds the diana off my target board about a 1/2 inch. Which only allows my diana to ring when it is hit and doesn’t ring on board hits. So it is easy to know if u hit the board or the diana. Hope this helps, these measurements r just a touch bigger than a regulation balearic target board, but r very close.

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Title: Re: Slinging Target Boards
Post by joe_meadmaker on May 7^th, 2023 at 9:27pm

Here's Channing's video which covers things well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpa-S7CxXic. Basically what Blindsquirrel is describing.

If you don't want to worry about cutting metal for the diana plate, just jump on Amazon and get a heavy duty 20 inch pizza pan. It's already the correct size. That's what I've been using for a while. It's dented up quite a bit, but still working fine. Because a pizza pan won't hold up as well as a thicker plate, I have three connection points. I have a video where I replace the board if you want to see it. It's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ije7S3e6jF4.

Title: Re: Slinging Target Boards
Post by Eino on May 29^th, 2023 at 4:38pm

I use a jury-rigged one with a folded-over duct tape frame and a cardboard diana, and it works well when tied onto a baseball backstop at a local park. I'll attach a photo of it soon.

Title: Re: Slinging Target Boards
Post by Eino on Jun 3^rd, 2023 at 10:35pm

Turns out I don't have a picture of it on a backstop. Here it is laid out on the patio:

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Title: Re: Slinging Target Boards
Post by stoneslinging on Jun 4^th, 2023 at 2:09am

Looks so simple yet functional, Eino!

Will definitely have to try this, as I am unable to build one out of wood at the moment.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Title: Re: Slinging Target Boards
Post by Mersa on Jun 4^th, 2023 at 3:09am

20” bicycle inner tube. Blown up . Pretty cheap Diana for easy setup.

Title: Re: Slinging Target Boards
Post by stoneslinging on Jun 4^th, 2023 at 3:16am

Also a design I'll definitely try out (as I have bicycle tubes lying around)

Thank you Mersa!