Have taken the target to another level.  By adding 39 1/2-inch legs and using T-couplers instead of the lower two elbows, you can create a self-standing frame that allows for some options in how you can set it up - hanging, connected to a pole or fence, standing on stakes set in the ground, or anchored with ropes that are connected to tent stakes.  The photo below shows the materials needed (the couplers were 33 cents each and I had to buy one more 10-foot section of PVC for 83 cents).

It may not be absolutely necessary to use two pieces of cardboard, but it does give added strength.  I glued the two together and reinforced the edges with packaging tape (optional).  I then punched two holes for suspending from the target frame with coat hangers.

Once assembled, it looks like this, and the disk is suspended so that the center sits at 63 inches off the ground.  Of course, using bungees to hold it to a fence like this does not allow the target to swing, which may add to the wear and tear on it (if cardboard).  The cardboard is not likely to last forever, as it will slowly get pretty beaten up.  But it's not hard to replace every so often.  I might go to plywood as a more durable solution eventually.

Whether the tarp can be fitted around the frame now is something I didn't try to establish, as I wouldn't want to cut it and it really isn't required - this also cuts out the otherwise largest expense of the project.  Without the tarp, I think the whole thing can be done for under $5 plus two small bungees or ropes.

Overally, I would say this is a very workable, low cost, solution to the challenge of providing a portable alternative to Vicente's wood and metal target.  For practice purposes, it performs really well (much better than I do)!

I have thought of making one of these out of ply wood with its own tripod just waiting to get the money for the lumber and cuting a hole in the center this would have a large sock like tube on the back to stop the balls that hit in the hole but then i have a truck and good size back yard but i do like how yours is cheap to biuld and very easy to move 

AAAGGHH!!!

Scooped again!!!!

I am currently making an almost identical target, except I foolishly decided to use a cheap ($8) canvas dropcloth for the backing and to sew it on. I'm trying to make it so that the target captures the ammo. Then I got sidetracked making a nice stone bag from the remnant fabric and some braided jute. I haven't done the PVC yet, but plan to make it freestanding with a base (the place I will use it is indoors, has a concrete floor and a cinderblock wall with no easy attachment points).


BTW, well done.  Simplicity is the hallmark of good design and engineering.

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Hi.
Haven´t been here for quite some time..

I had this thread about my portable balearic target up long ago:

http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1322244172/0

Maybe that can inspire someone?

These are great ideas for targets! I have just been slinging at this poor tree that is at a good distance from the place where I go to sling stones. Other than that I sling tennis balls at a soccer goal from about mid-field, which I miss more often than not.  

I believe that slinging causes concentration of the air around the target.  The motion of the arm and sling moves the air forward in waves and that caues turbulence due to the reflection of the air waves when the wave front encounters the target, causeing severe deflections in the flight of a thrown object. That's why you get those wild shots and that's why it's so hard to hit with a sling.  

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.