This topic came up in the forum the other day. My wife had taken pics of this, so i thought i would post the process.
finished product first so you don't have to wait if it's not what you like
the hardest part of this project is finding enough and the right size cardboard boxs.
mine where 42X48 (give or take), when flattend out. 42 is one because that's how wide the target is.
Materials
2-- landscape Timbers 8.00
2-- 2x8x8 treated 14.00
8-- 3/8 x 3 1/2 lag bolts 4.00
8-- 3/8 washers 1.00
1-- bad quickcrete 4.00
2-- 1x3 whitepine 6.00
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37.00+ tax
Tools
screwgun
ratchet & 3/8 socket
drill
circular saw
posthole diggers
beer
1st
collect about 50 boxes really only neeed 30-35 with the size i found. but the xtra waits for replaceing the shotup cardboard.
a bandsaw made it easier but a jigsaw or circular saw would do it also.
cut cardboard. cut 8"w strips. i got 5 strips from each box.
did not get a picture of the frame being built, but basically i cut 1- 2x8x8 @ 45" and the other in half.
the 45" pieces would be the top and bottom of the holder. 42" + 3" due to the 2 side thicknesses.
the 48"pieces are the sides.
i wanted the center of the target about center of deer height.
on the landscape timbers i marked lines --18" for the hole then added 12" for the bottom shelf.
on the flat side of the timbers i screwed on the 48" 2x8 to each one. then took the 42" pieces and put them top and bottom.(top and bottom pices butt up to the timbers) drilled holes for the screws and then checked squareness and put the screws in.
measured the width from timber to timber and marked where the holes would go with spray paint, then dug, and placed in hole.
top piece of wood is because i wanted a roof so it would not ruin in the rain.
had a 12 foot piece of tin and 4- 2x4x8. went and bought the brackets. they bite. flimsie
probably another $25 in total cost.
cut the 1x3's so as too picture frame the front and back of the box area. screw to 2x4's. this keeps the cardboard from shifting when removing arrows.
BUT DO NOT SCREW TOP ONES yet.
after filling in and leveling. remove the screws holding the top and remove.
now you can start stacking in the cut cardboard.
stack cardboard till it's an 1" or 2" above the side 2x8's and place the top 2x8 on. run a couple of ratchet straps arouund and compress.
i should have put a hat on and pulled my shorts up.
while the straps are tight, screw in the top four bolts with washers.
that's about it, just make sure the roof edge is above your head height.
at the time of building, i was shooting 70lb pull on a Q2. at 3 steps back, it stopped a 30" carbon arrow 3-4" before the Blazers. with broadheads at 20-30 yards. about 8" sticks out the back side.
i also put 2 eye lag screws in the top corners to hold the target pillow bag.
hope this interests someone.
finished product first so you don't have to wait if it's not what you like
the hardest part of this project is finding enough and the right size cardboard boxs.
mine where 42X48 (give or take), when flattend out. 42 is one because that's how wide the target is.
Materials
2-- landscape Timbers 8.00
2-- 2x8x8 treated 14.00
8-- 3/8 x 3 1/2 lag bolts 4.00
8-- 3/8 washers 1.00
1-- bad quickcrete 4.00
2-- 1x3 whitepine 6.00
____
37.00+ tax
Tools
screwgun
ratchet & 3/8 socket
drill
circular saw
posthole diggers
beer
1st
collect about 50 boxes really only neeed 30-35 with the size i found. but the xtra waits for replaceing the shotup cardboard.
a bandsaw made it easier but a jigsaw or circular saw would do it also.
cut cardboard. cut 8"w strips. i got 5 strips from each box.
did not get a picture of the frame being built, but basically i cut 1- 2x8x8 @ 45" and the other in half.
the 45" pieces would be the top and bottom of the holder. 42" + 3" due to the 2 side thicknesses.
the 48"pieces are the sides.
i wanted the center of the target about center of deer height.
on the landscape timbers i marked lines --18" for the hole then added 12" for the bottom shelf.
on the flat side of the timbers i screwed on the 48" 2x8 to each one. then took the 42" pieces and put them top and bottom.(top and bottom pices butt up to the timbers) drilled holes for the screws and then checked squareness and put the screws in.
measured the width from timber to timber and marked where the holes would go with spray paint, then dug, and placed in hole.
top piece of wood is because i wanted a roof so it would not ruin in the rain.
had a 12 foot piece of tin and 4- 2x4x8. went and bought the brackets. they bite. flimsie
probably another $25 in total cost.
cut the 1x3's so as too picture frame the front and back of the box area. screw to 2x4's. this keeps the cardboard from shifting when removing arrows.
BUT DO NOT SCREW TOP ONES yet.
after filling in and leveling. remove the screws holding the top and remove.
now you can start stacking in the cut cardboard.
stack cardboard till it's an 1" or 2" above the side 2x8's and place the top 2x8 on. run a couple of ratchet straps arouund and compress.
i should have put a hat on and pulled my shorts up.
while the straps are tight, screw in the top four bolts with washers.
that's about it, just make sure the roof edge is above your head height.
at the time of building, i was shooting 70lb pull on a Q2. at 3 steps back, it stopped a 30" carbon arrow 3-4" before the Blazers. with broadheads at 20-30 yards. about 8" sticks out the back side.
i also put 2 eye lag screws in the top corners to hold the target pillow bag.
hope this interests someone.
and the wind messed it up. 
Oh well, I'll have to redo the roof with some tin in the next week or two. Here's what it looked like before the piece broke off:
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