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squirrelslinger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline peace through superior firepower Posts: 2870 Ky, USA Gender:	Carpet Target Nov 17^th, 2013 at 11:19am So... my family is getting new carpet. So I can take some of the old. I wish to make 2 targets- an archery target and a slinging target(or 5 or 6 of them). I already plan on cutting a 10x10 ft section for use as a backstop. How would one go about making a slinging target?
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Arcane Tinker Funditor Offline Slinging everything 'cept b.s. Posts: 738 Western Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Carpet Target Reply #1 - Nov 17^th, 2013 at 1:52pm Attach it to something sawhorse-y, a small swingset even.
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Bill Skinner past-moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: Carpet Target Reply #2 - Nov 17^th, 2013 at 1:57pm Hang it over a rope. If it can't give some when it's hit. the stones will punch through.
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squirrelslinger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline peace through superior firepower Posts: 2870 Ky, USA Gender:	Re: Carpet Target Reply #3 - Nov 17^th, 2013 at 2:40pm How many layers should I use?
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English_Marauder Descens Offline Balearic Slinger Posts: 229 Canada Gender:	Re: Carpet Target Reply #4 - Nov 17^th, 2013 at 4:13pm When hung over a rope as bill mentioned, it will give you 2 layers, plenty enough.
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jlasud Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Programming stones Posts: 2358 Transilvania Gender:	Re: Carpet Target Reply #5 - Nov 17^th, 2013 at 6:21pm Yep.loose hangin is more sure to withstand the mighty power of a slingstone slicing through the air. Carpets are not created equal. Neither slingers. Or stones.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Carpet Target Reply #6 - Nov 21^st, 2013 at 11:18am The sawhorse idea would be easy to do. you'd just need five wooden or metal poles and a few nuts and bolts. Bear in mind that carpet is heavy stuff. Nothing lightweight will support it for long.
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squirrelslinger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline peace through superior firepower Posts: 2870 Ky, USA Gender:	Re: Carpet Target Reply #7 - Nov 21^st, 2013 at 4:23pm well... I was thinking of lashing 2" poles together. b'c this is at my slinging spot, and I cannot carry lumber/sawhorses there. I have to bike to it, you can't drive a car to it.
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Re: Carpet Target
Reply #8 - Nov 21^st, 2013 at 5:42pm

Maybe use just one rigid pole as long as the with of your target. Nail, screw, tack, staple or stitch it along the top edge of your carpet scrap. Then tie a rope to the pole; at the center or one at each end.

Now you have something that can be rolled up nice and tight and transported to your favorite slinging spot, unfurled and hung from a tree limb from the rope/s.

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Teg Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1120 Central Europe Gender:	Re: Carpet Target Reply #9 - Nov 22^nd, 2013 at 3:47pm You could make something similar as I have made: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1346504245 Just take shorter poles (e.g. 1m 50 cm) and there you go. I pack this target in a backback and run about 1 km to my training place with it.
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jlasud Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Programming stones Posts: 2358 Transilvania Gender:	Re: Carpet Target Reply #10 - Nov 23^rd, 2013 at 4:51pm Best is to not have any rigid objects behind the carpet. Two vertical poles and a horizontal one is the minimum i think. If you have two trees close by, you could use them as very strong poles. For the horizontal,than you could use even a rope,stretched tight between them.
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Re: Carpet Target
Reply #11 - Nov 24^th, 2013 at 2:08pm

jlasud wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2013 at 4:51pm:

Best is to not have any rigid objects behind the carpet.
Two vertical poles and a horizontal one is the minimum i think.
If you have two trees close by, you could use them as very strong poles. For the horizontal,than you could use even a rope,stretched tight between them.

great idea... so I only have to carry a rope and some carpet. You think 1/4 inch polyproplyene would do it? I have tons of it.

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Re: Carpet Target
Reply #12 - Nov 24^th, 2013 at 2:37pm

Yep it should be the lightest.
I'm not familiar with 1/4 ploypropylene's properties..

My Mom threw out a huge synthetic carpet of some sort, Mochetta type?? ish ..bout 1/4 thich.
And that hung by a vertical pole bout 18 long ,about 5 feet high between my gates in the close wilderness,woodland,rarely i slung some 130 gram concrete balls. And if the carpet hung down on the ground, the balls would rip through,from a 43" sling. If not touching the ground,then it can take hundreds of shots..
But it's damn heavy.. ~15x12 feet and ...60 pounds
I also used the most dense construction safety net,available here. And if the wind doesn't stretch it,and it can hang loose, it works like a charm.
But because it's so dense,and lightweight,the slightest breeze can stretch it enough that the balls may go through.

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squirrelslinger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline peace through superior firepower Posts: 2870 Ky, USA Gender:	Re: Carpet Target Reply #13 - Nov 24^th, 2013 at 7:53pm I meant the rope the carpet is really tough stuff. i can barely stab a razor-sharp morakniv through 2 layers. its nylon, with a double poly backing(I dunno which)
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Carpet Target Reply #14 - Nov 26^th, 2013 at 11:35am 1/4 inch poly rope has got a ridiculous breaking strain, that'll be absolutely fine. It's often used as cheap tow rope for cars.
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