Here's what an exercise bike is good for....

[etcher1]

The electronics gave it up.

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad317/etcher1/Shooting%20Bench/goldsgympowrspin230R.jpg

After looking around the internet and forums, I decided I needed as shooting bench. After stripping the recumbent bike down this is what I came up with. Had to do a little whittling on the front post. It is very stable.

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad317/etcher1/Shooting%20Bench/ShootingBench2.jpg

Here it is with the fold out arm for rifle shooting.

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad317/etcher1/Shooting%20Bench/ShootingBench4.jpg

Here it is with the rifle

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad317/etcher1/Shooting%20Bench/ShootingBench5.jpg

Any comments or suggestions welcomed.
Thanks for look'in,

[zuke]

Nice recycling job!

[Finster101]

What kind of groups you gettin' out of that Daisy?

[Stephen Cohen]

My god I near wet myself, wish I had thought of that myself. Well done Sir.

[jburris2001]

very nice

[Lefty SRH]

Thats great!

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I suppose the "C" clamp is OK for a daisy, but I'd make an improvement before I'd clamp onto a Winchestor Mod. 70....or similar:bigsmyl2:

[HollowPoint]

This is classic, "Genius of the common man."

HollowPoint

[JeffinNZ]

Brilliant.

[RED333]

To cool!!!

[dragonrider]

Very clever. Excellent recycling

[theperfessor]

Probably get more use out of it this way.

[Dutchman]

I am a great believer in adaptation and utilization of existing technology. You have excelled on both counts.

Dutch

[RP]

Most of the exercise things i see bikes treadmills all have very low miles lol good job now I got my eye out for a bike for a shooting station and a tread mill for a tumbler.

[markinalpine]

I suppose the "C" clamp is OK for a daisy, but I'd make an improvement before I'd clamp onto a Winchestor Mod. 70....or similar:bigsmyl2:

Maybe get a wood clamp like Harbor Freight sells. The kind with two screw handles so you can adjust it to a taper, and glue leather strips to the insides of the jaws.

Good job, Etcher1!
Mark :coffeecom

[waksupi]

We found another use for them. We put it on our trail walk, and you had to be peddling as you shot at the target. Put a bit of challenge in the shot!

[geargnasher]

Bike for a shooting bench and treadmill for a tumbler, priceless!

How about an Abroller for a pistol rest? :kidding:

Gear

[Bill*]

That is sweeeeeet!

[Bored1]

Nice job!!!! I wouldn't have thought of that. Convinces me yet again I need a place out in the country that I can do what I want @

[Randy C]

Caldwell is going to go out of business now there is more of those old bikes out there, you are our green leader of the Day.

[badgeredd]

I congratulate you on your conversion. Nice work and a great idea. What really sucks is I have been seeing those things for free along the road and kept thinking "there must be a good use for one of those." Dang, I wish you had posted that a few months earlier!!!!!

Edd

[Maven]

A stroke of genius, and a hell of a lot more pleasurable to use than an exercise bike! (The voice of experience speaking, or rather, writing.)

[357maximum]

I congratulate you on your conversion. Nice work and a great idea. What really sucks is I have been seeing those things for free along the road and kept thinking "there must be a good use for one of those." Dang, I wish you had posted that a few months earlier!!!!!

Edd


Do not fret Edd, my current "profession" allows me to come across alot of them things....I will save one for you the next time I see one instead of tossing it into the scrapyard heap. I actually have one that is partway made into a shaving horse up to the hunting cabin.......now I have an excuse to save more junk. :lol: