I have recently had an interest in obtaining a rear rest for my benchrest shooting. I checked around the different sites and vendors and found them kinda expensive for what they offered. I looked at what people posted and noticed a person using a little "car jack" type of device to elevate the rest. The name for this device is called a Lab Lift or Lab Jack. These are plentiful on Amazon or Alibaba and can be purchased for as low as 15 dollars(plus shipping)
This one is nice and simple, but it didn't have a way to lock the position in place. Friends in the forum pointed me to a lab jack that had a wheel with a retaining bolt. A little more expensive, but have better action and less play in the wheel..nice anodized finish..under 70 dollars.
Then, i wanted a way to track across a target so i needed something to move left and right. I thought i could use somethin like a Cross-vice, but they are much too big and heavy and only needed 1 axis. I stumbled on to a page that had linear tables on it, and i thought it would be perfect
Be careful about the height of these tables..if they are too tall it may prevent you from being able to use it for the disatances you need.
The one thing that i really didn't think about was how to attach them. I thought i was going to bolt them together, but the clearance for the heads(not recessed in the spots i wanted to use) is very low and the pre-made holes are a 1/4 inch off. So i am just going to bond them together with a metal epoxy like this.
Save yourself some cash and build your own
Mike
This one is nice and simple, but it didn't have a way to lock the position in place. Friends in the forum pointed me to a lab jack that had a wheel with a retaining bolt. A little more expensive, but have better action and less play in the wheel..nice anodized finish..under 70 dollars.
Then, i wanted a way to track across a target so i needed something to move left and right. I thought i could use somethin like a Cross-vice, but they are much too big and heavy and only needed 1 axis. I stumbled on to a page that had linear tables on it, and i thought it would be perfect
Be careful about the height of these tables..if they are too tall it may prevent you from being able to use it for the disatances you need.
The one thing that i really didn't think about was how to attach them. I thought i was going to bolt them together, but the clearance for the heads(not recessed in the spots i wanted to use) is very low and the pre-made holes are a 1/4 inch off. So i am just going to bond them together with a metal epoxy like this.
Save yourself some cash and build your own
Mike
