In the 3 weeks prior to switching, that cost $1476 in wood. You know what else looks stupid? Spending more money than you need to. The previous 3 weeks, we went through 246 boards. On a regular Wednesday night for league, we probably would go through that much. We went through only 17 boards when switching.
#Diy end grain axe throwing target plus#
So basically 5 league “nights” plus regular groups and member practice. Leagues were Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Big Axe League) and on Sunday we have lunch and night leagues. It was two weeks prior to the start of Leagues, so leagues were during 1 of the weeks of the new way, with cottonwood. (Read: They usually chew up the most boards) We also only started using the Cottonwood once the pine that was up was done. In the 3 weeks prior to switching, we had NO axe throwing leagues going on. When we made the switch to cottonwood, it was also the same time we started this new way of putting the targets up. The jig also has the lower portion of the “One” line missing from the center board, should you need to replace that board. These can’t be flipped and re-used, but they can be used for whichever needs to be changed. We draw both left and right on these 12in pieces so that any board can be a left or right. One side of jig is Left, the opposite side is Right. To make the clutches, we came up with a jig that we can place the 12in board into. This may not be necessary on Pine boards, but the cottonwood is “rough cut” and no two boards are the same. However, cutting the furthest “Impact boards” down to have a 12in section that can be used to sandwich the clutch as tight as you can with the center board helps tremendously.
So the 12in Clutch boards ARE more prone to split without the 4th screw. You just wont be able to use that cut off for anything, but will still save by being able to flip. Don’t like that there are 2 screws inside the 1 ring? Then Cut your centers to be 10in. The outer screws on the 12in clutch boards are in a bad spot as well. We found the lower left and right boards don’t need 4 screws. In the next picture, I highlighted in RED where we now put the screws. This was found to be overkill as well as adding in too many more possibilities of hitting a screw. In the picture above, it is showing screws in places we originally tried placing them. It separates the clutch from the rest of the 36 in of wood on the “Clutch Boards” so a split in the board stops running the length of the whole 48in.įirst attempt, shows screws in places we no longer use. It makes the bullseys offset from the center of the board, allowing it to be flipped over and re-used.Ģ. All Boards are now 36in long and we have a bunch of cut offs. What we are doing to save trees is simply putting a 12in cut into the 48in boards we are receiving. We recently switched to cottonwood from an SPF. Chris had got the original concept from David Witherow and we have been tweaking it to figure out what works best. This is not fully my idea, it was and is an ongoing collaborative effort with Chris Ross, owner of Total Axe.
#Diy end grain axe throwing target full#
We haven’t done the FULL saving measure on our WATL Targets, but we still did the center board. But then again, that isn’t the point of this. I figured with everyone home during this pandemic, sharing how we have been playing around with saving wood would be good timing. What we all CAN do, is to try to use less wood.
We are literally throwing sharp objects at lumber. Saving trees kinda sounds ridiculous when you are referring to axe throwing. Axe Throwing Talk ApSaving Trees, Cutting Costs
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