New shooting bench

[aarolar]

Started a new shooting bench Monday, poured concrete top with 3" sch 40 legs. The studs for the legs were poured into the top.

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Poured the form off today.
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[Vann]

Nice, it looks great.

[pworley1]

That should last awhile. Nice job.

[Whiterabbit]

you put your target stand next to your boat? You sir are a better shot than me.













:kidding:

[aarolar]

Its standing on its own now and I made an adjustable stool for it. Had to try it out and its way more comfortable than my old one.

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[W.R.Buchanan]

Are you going to radius the edges of the table? An angle grinder with a grinding wheel would make short work of that and you wouldn't have any sharp edges to catch on stuff.

It does look good and strong!

Randy

[country gent]

When we made the ones for our local clyb we used aluminum tape in the form to make a 3/4" radious on the top edge. coated everything with several coats of wax brushed in and poured the concrete in. Also put 2 pieces of 1" conduit thru at front and back allowing rods to be used to pick it up. Ours were 4" thick with heavy wire mesh rienforcing 1" from top and bottom edge to add strength. set them on a Tee of footer blocks built to hieght. Very solid stable bench when done. A coat of paint or sealant to keep water out will make it last alot longer. Let it cure for a couple months hot sun and paint with well thined paint several coats, you want the paint to soak in as deeply as possible. ANother plys to the paint is if it fills the pours it makes a smoother surface for elbows and such.

[aarolar]

The edges dont bother me at all and I'll likely not worry about them I'm a little rough around the edges myself so I'll be fine.