my spin on spinner targets.

[pete]

i found some room for a few more targets-- spinners that is. they were supposed to be simple. but my electric skil saw broke-- so i had to cut them out the old fashioned way. double click for bigger.

[pete]

a little grinding --sanding and some nice yellow paint and ready to spiiiiiiin.

[Leon Yrag]

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[pete]

thanks leon. i knew i could rely on you for your bat support. so for this reason you are the inspiration for my next spinner design. and also for being the first person to reply. i am awarding you $1,000,000,000 dollars. ooops-- sorry -i forgot i,m broke. so no mil. so you,ll just have to settle for the design.

[jckstrthmghty]

Interesting, I would've thought those electrical covers were too thin to be made into targets of any kind.

[wheeliehd]

Spinners look good.

Winter coming and back to my pellet guns now. Spent last eight months back shooting my compound bows almost daily. Three to four years to totally recover from a broken shoulder. Year off hockey due to covid helped the body heal also. Start back at hockey Sunday, Looking forward to get some normality back in my life.

[pete]

Interesting, I would've thought those electrical covers were too thin to be made into targets of any kind.

hey j. ya these can take a beating. some of them i,ve been shooting for quite awhile. they might not be very good for any thing high power. but for all my pistols and a couple lower powered rifles they are great.

[pete]

heres the one leon got me thinkin about. i don,t know though this one might just be a collectible.

[Rob27]

That looks too pretty to shoot.

Great work Pete.

[Leon Yrag]

That looks too pretty to shoot. Great work Pete.

ditto!

[wheeliehd]

Wow! I like the last one.

[pete]

thanks guys. they turned out good. they spin like crazy when i hit them--and can take a good beating. the batman-- superman one i made just for the heck of it --to see how it would turn out. i probably won,t even shoot it tho. because it turned out better than i thought. i might make some little animal ones.

[oldfart]

For anyone thinking thoses electrical box covers be too thin for the task... i've had very good luck salvaging sheet metal from discarded desktop computer cases. In general, its as quick as sliding one of the side panels out of its hold on the case and you have yourself some fairly decent thickness material to work with. If you wanted to get both sides quickly, have a rivet drill bit and the means to power it thru the few rivets the other side of the case is fixed with. If it ain't rivets, it'll most likely be Phillips head computer screws and if you are lucky, they might even come oversized and knurled for your convenience!

I found that DELL cases have the thickest, best durable sheet metal panels. One is usually a pain to remove but your experience may vary. I've used them anywhere from making quick and sturdy angled backstops to cutting/grinding/sanding/filing new plinking targets and/or whatever other random sheet metal parts the situation called for.

Computer cases hide extremely sharp bits/edges of steel when you start messing with them so use caution!