Free Spinner Target (DIY)

We’ve been talking over in the FT forum about homemade targets. With some people snowed in, I figured if you have time, a welder and some scrap you could use this thread and run with it. Here is what I made and how I made it

Here are are the scraps of pipe and 3/8” steel I had laying around. Got them for free from a metal shop down the road. 

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Cut them up with a sawzall for mock-up. 

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then got out the tig welder and went to work - although a mig or stick would have been faster 

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I coped (ground with a bench grinder a semicircle into the metal to make it fit the pipe) the center target backer so it would be flush
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Had to check alignment. Built up welds on either side of the pipe like a ramp to keep the targets in place while spinning. 
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Made one one leg longer to make it easier to press into the ground. Ready for paint. 
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Done

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Dirtbikerick- thanks! Always wondered how many people bought that thing. such a good welding setup for the money - especially when you don’t use it that often!

crossman2016- Hah! Never thought of that! Highly probable. At this rate I’m buying time until I purchase my first pcp rig. Been lurking this forum for months. Thought it was time to contribute.