First of all, the PVC Stand is not my design and does not appear to have a copywrite. I saw the target stand in a magazine article and decided to build a couple. After posting pictures in a thread, Fort Tom suggested I put this in the download section. This post is there in PDF format for downloading under the “Targets” section

http://www.weaponevolution.com/forum...?do=file&id=37

I went to http://www.nwtf.org and downloaded their PDF for this post. That PDF is located at:

http://www.nwtf.org/tv_magazines/images/GITG_PVC_target_stand.pdf

I also created my own drawing to show the relationship of all the pieces. Rather than buy a cut piece of PVC at seven feet, I did some simple calculations to see how many stands could be built with minimal scrap. One target stand is never enough. You can build four stands with three ten foot sections of 2” schedule-40 pipe. With all the “T” connectors, pipe, glue, and furring strips, the four stands come in just under $100.

I have included the NWTF PDF page, my drawing, a drawing of my frame, and the pipe cuts. Note that the pipe cuts include the 1/8” saw kerf to provide total scrap. The pieces are actually cut at 4” 12” and 20”.

One important item you must think about when you are gluing the pieces to make the cross brace. Glue the four inch stubs into their “T” connectors first, and let them dry for a few minutes. Then glue one stub “T” into the cross brace and let it dry a few minutes. When that assembly is “set” then place it on a flat surface (concrete basement floor is what I used) and glue the other stub “T” onto the cross brace assembly. This will insure that when you place the cross brace into the legs, both stubs point in the same direction. This may seem intuitively obvious, but I felt it should be mentioned. The stubs on the cross brace must be parallel.

I did not want to just drop a couple of furring strips into the stand. I used two eight foot 2x2 furring strips for each target stand. First I cut each strip six feet long. That provided two pieces of scrap about two feet long. I cut each one of those 21 inches long for cross braces. That left two three inch pieces. I nailed the cross braces – one at the top, and one where its’ center would be 30 inches from the top. This creates a frame that fits the NWTF Stand, and is sized for stapling standard 24x30 sized target cardboards. I nailed the 3 inch scraps to the inside center of each side of the frame for additional support and staple points – no scrap.

The NWTF PDF Sheet is shown on the next page, followed by my drawing for the stands, my drawing for the target frames, and finally the cutting recommendations for four target stands.









Cut and assembled parts for 4 stands:



Assembled with a couple of furring strips inserted:



I hope you find this useful.