I used to think that spinners had to have been one of the stupidest things I'd ever seen in my life. But I watched a couple of videos on Si Pittaway's YouTube channel last week where he was shooting a spring gun accurately at 65 yards; and he had made a spinner out of a spoon. I liked the idea of using a spoon, but I thought I could do better than his design.
So I looked around, and found some old 1/2" PVC pipe that's been laying around here for 20+ years. We had some pieces of it that weren't long enough to use for anything significant. A little further rummaging uncovered some caps that fit it. I had to go to the hardware store today anyway, so $3.32 bought 2 x 1 3/8" key rings, 2 x 90 degree angles, and 4 x T's.
It took about 20 minutes to put together. Much of that was drilling the holes through the spoons and deciding how long to cut the pipe sections. I made all that up on the fly.
I'm using some pipe fasteners, like what you use to fasten copper pipe to a wall or ceiling to hold the ring / spoons in place. I removed the nails that came in them, replaced them with screws, and modified the fasteners to work like clamps. But one could come up with any number of other ways to keep the ring / spoons in position. This is just what came to mind to me at the time. Even just some tape would work.
I did not glue the pieces, so it could easily be taken apart for more convenient travel or storage.
I thought I'd share this with all of you in case any of the rest of you like building things like I do. It works great! Glory to God.
I'm thinking of putting it in front of my pellet stop and trying it indoors. Do any of you have any thoughts or experience about this?
And thanks again to all of you for your help and support these past few months since I've joined in on these forums! It is appreciated.
So I looked around, and found some old 1/2" PVC pipe that's been laying around here for 20+ years. We had some pieces of it that weren't long enough to use for anything significant. A little further rummaging uncovered some caps that fit it. I had to go to the hardware store today anyway, so $3.32 bought 2 x 1 3/8" key rings, 2 x 90 degree angles, and 4 x T's.
It took about 20 minutes to put together. Much of that was drilling the holes through the spoons and deciding how long to cut the pipe sections. I made all that up on the fly.
I'm using some pipe fasteners, like what you use to fasten copper pipe to a wall or ceiling to hold the ring / spoons in place. I removed the nails that came in them, replaced them with screws, and modified the fasteners to work like clamps. But one could come up with any number of other ways to keep the ring / spoons in position. This is just what came to mind to me at the time. Even just some tape would work.
I did not glue the pieces, so it could easily be taken apart for more convenient travel or storage.
I thought I'd share this with all of you in case any of the rest of you like building things like I do. It works great! Glory to God.
I'm thinking of putting it in front of my pellet stop and trying it indoors. Do any of you have any thoughts or experience about this?
And thanks again to all of you for your help and support these past few months since I've joined in on these forums! It is appreciated.
