Hello once again, shooting enthusiasts.
I say "shooting enthusiasts" here as this could apply to powder burners as well, who might land here from a Google search. This post is the result of my journey to create the best shooting bench for my situation. My home range goes out to 89 yards, and that is it, so if I want to shoot farther, I have to go elsewhere. I am an hour each way from a range, but we have lots of space here in Colorado, so I can find some longer distances close by and I will need my bench. I designed this so that I could fold it up and put it in the back of my truck. I have been planning on getting pictures of it folded up and transporting it, but we have been too busy using it to get ready for RMAC, I wanted to go ahead and post this and I will update it later with the folded pictures.
To start us off, here is the basic CAD of the bench:
Here is the under side
Here is how the legs fold down
Here is the visual Bill Of Materials, and I am attaching the BOM in Excel
View attachment BenchAssembly_Gen1_BillOfMaterials_22-05-12.1654313152.xlsx
The first assembly step to attach the 9 3/8" angled pieces to the 1' 3.25" pieces as shown:
You are using 3" deck screws for the connection to the 1' 10.5" boards because the heads need to be flush with the wood. The majority of the rest of the connections are 6" lag bolts:
Here is where you are at now:
Now mount the shooter's end 2x6 with the rounded corners:
Now mount the four 1' 9" boards to the 3' 3/4" 2x4 as shown:
Mount the two assemblies together as shown:
Now put the target end 2x6 on there:
Now, put the decking on top:
Mount the leg hinges to the legs and make sure that they are really square:
Use carriage bolts to mount the legs to the deck boards. Also, you can add in the cross support in the front:
Add the cross-beam support brackets:
Add the support:
Flip it over and here is the basic bench:
Add the front cross support, and install the wheels
Now install the handles so that you can drag this beast around:
I will post pictures of the actual bench folded up and being moved around whenever the necessity arises that I need to move it, but it folds up just fine.
Anyway, as always, I hope that this post helps my shooting enthusiast friends out there. Happy shooting!!
I say "shooting enthusiasts" here as this could apply to powder burners as well, who might land here from a Google search. This post is the result of my journey to create the best shooting bench for my situation. My home range goes out to 89 yards, and that is it, so if I want to shoot farther, I have to go elsewhere. I am an hour each way from a range, but we have lots of space here in Colorado, so I can find some longer distances close by and I will need my bench. I designed this so that I could fold it up and put it in the back of my truck. I have been planning on getting pictures of it folded up and transporting it, but we have been too busy using it to get ready for RMAC, I wanted to go ahead and post this and I will update it later with the folded pictures.
To start us off, here is the basic CAD of the bench:
Here is the under side
Here is how the legs fold down
Here is the visual Bill Of Materials, and I am attaching the BOM in Excel
The first assembly step to attach the 9 3/8" angled pieces to the 1' 3.25" pieces as shown:
You are using 3" deck screws for the connection to the 1' 10.5" boards because the heads need to be flush with the wood. The majority of the rest of the connections are 6" lag bolts:
Here is where you are at now:
Now mount the shooter's end 2x6 with the rounded corners:
Now mount the four 1' 9" boards to the 3' 3/4" 2x4 as shown:
Mount the two assemblies together as shown:
Now put the target end 2x6 on there:
Now, put the decking on top:
Mount the leg hinges to the legs and make sure that they are really square:
Use carriage bolts to mount the legs to the deck boards. Also, you can add in the cross support in the front:
Add the cross-beam support brackets:
Add the support:
Flip it over and here is the basic bench:
Add the front cross support, and install the wheels
Now install the handles so that you can drag this beast around:
I will post pictures of the actual bench folded up and being moved around whenever the necessity arises that I need to move it, but it folds up just fine.
Anyway, as always, I hope that this post helps my shooting enthusiast friends out there. Happy shooting!!
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