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Re: Take down shooting bench plans or design
« Reply #30 on: April 30, 2017, 09:34:02 PM »
Modified my Bench, added a third layer of 3/4" plywood ( screwed and glued to bottom ).  Moved left side leg back closer to the middle.  Tack Welded the legs to the screw in mounts.  Made mistake of using electrical conduit pipe with non-taper threads for ease of use but they wobbled.  Should of used pipe threads.

Bench isn't light now but it is solid as a rock.  Also knocked end caps off legs and just left bare pipe ends which bite into the ground better. 

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Re: Take down shooting bench plans or design
« Reply #31 on: May 01, 2017, 09:50:39 AM »
Modified my Bench, added a third layer of 3/4" plywood ( screwed and glued to bottom ).  Moved left side leg back closer to the middle.  Tack Welded the legs to the screw in mounts.  Made mistake of using electrical conduit pipe with non-taper threads for ease of use but they wobbled.  Should of used pipe threads.

Bench isn't light now but it is solid as a rock.  Also knocked end caps off legs and just left bare pipe ends which bite into the ground better.

I laminated mine up to about two and a half inches of total thickness and it made a huge difference over my earlier iterations.  What I have today is rock solid and infinitely adjustable from ~ 30 inches for the kids up to over five feet high so I can have one or two legs in a ditch and still level it or so that I can stand up and shoot heavy recoiling rifles and slug guns.   

 


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