I built my own duelling tree...PICS...

[BCCS]

After all the fab work was done

And after all the paint and powder coating...

The plates are 8" and waterjet cut out of a 2'x4' piece of 3/8 ar500 that I purchased. There was still some steel left so I had some other targets cut and then welded up a stand to hang them from.

Before anyone asks, here is the total bill

ar500 plate- $250
Waterjet- $100
3" angle for tree- $25
hardware- $25

All of the steel that I used for the base of the tree and hanging frame was scrap laying around at work so there was no cost there.

Unfortunately my home club (Edwardsburg Conservation Club) doesn't allow any steel so I will have to wait until next weekend to go shoot it. I will be be looking into a membership at Nappanee now since I know that they do allow steel.

If anyone has any questions feel free to ask, this was a great project and for much less that it would cost to buy a tree of this size.

 

[hammer24]

NICE! I love a good DIY project!

 

[mrortega]

Nice workshop. Wish I had that much room in my basement!

 

[68_F100]

Nice work. I do some fab work myself from time to time. It's always cool to see someone make something from scratch.

 

[churchmouse]

Sweet...Water jet's rule....................

 

[TLHelmer]

Great work!

 

[bradw266]

That's some nice work.

 

[Hop]

Those look great!

 

[Eaglejet]

Very cool!

 

[PGRChaplain]

Another Indiana made product! Well Done!

 

[Latewatch]

Targets look great, nice work. Make sure to take some spare chain and bolts with you when you take the hanging targets to the range. Bullet spatter and or the occasional errant shot will eventually get you (ask me how I know)....

 

[Wysko]

NICE!!!

 

[cromus]

Those look great!

 

[Hajisc]

Did you have to use special wire or rod to weld the ar500?
Nice design.

 

[ZbornacSVT]

Looks nice. I wish you would have looked us up, looks like we could have saved you some $$$ on the AR500. Drop us a line next time!

Did you have to use special wire or rod to weld the ar500?
Nice design.

Nope. Nothing special needed.

 

[BCCS]

I did a little research on welding ar500 and the big thing was letting it cool down to quickly and consequently cracking so I just wrapped the welds to slow it down a bit, everything turned out OK.

 

[Taco]

That looks great! Any closer pictures of the hinge mechanism for the plates?

 

[Seancass]

Can you explaing "Waterjet: $100"? Did you have it done by a local company? Or bobcat? Or are you some kind of mechanical genious that made a CNC Waterjet for $100?

 

[ZbornacSVT]

I took that as he paid $100 for the cutting.

 

[nmcqueen469]

Gotta love the WaterJet! Looks great!