Mover - How To Construct

[EricW]

Anyone have any designs or specs they can point me to for buiding a mover? I can invent my own I guess, but I'd rather see what some others have done first. I'd consider buying a used one, but buying new is just out of the question.

Thanks!

[Flexmoney]

I'm not too familar with it, but the one at our club has the lower portion protected by a berm that runs from one side of the bay to the other. The target travels forth and back on tracks (garage door rails). It is pulled by a motor (stationed at the side berm) and a length on line (with pulleys so that you can reverse direction of the motor and pull it back).

[diehli]

Here's an easy way:

Midget and a tricycle.

[SRT Driver]

Eric,

The one's I've seen use cables and pulleys, not tracks.

You might consider a garage door opener motor. You can set the speed and it can reverse direction. The sensors could be used to stop it once it goes behind a wall. You could even run it yourself with the remote.

The trick is to set up the cables so the sudden deceleration doesn't start the target doing the hula.

Maybe a two cable system with each cable run by the same motor with a drive shaft of some sort. Usually, the bottom cable is a guide ..it doesn't move with the target.

At Chapman, they use a four cable system to run four separte targets. The single cable setup requires someone to change targets.

[EricW]

Thanks for the ideas so far.

BTW, I'm interested in just a portable, single target setup. There's no way I could leave something like this at the range. It'd be stolen or destroyed before I got out the gate.

[geezer-lock]

Thanks for the ideas so far.

BTW,  I'm interested in just a portable, single target setup.  There's no way I could leave something like this at the range.  It'd be stolen or destroyed before I got out the gate.

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Action target makes a mover system that can be reproduced with very little effort. I made one that was gravity “powered” with an RC release. Take a look at their stuff here:

http://www.actiontarget.com/moving_targets/the_runner.html

I have seen movers at matches that utilized an RC car running in a channel. That sort of set up is the most portable if the channel is made of aluminum. Wood works OK with BIG wheeled RC cars (friction becomes a problem).

Look at this for an idea of what I am talking about:

http://www.canaxa.se/eng/index_e.htm

The folks that do power tool racing use a set up that depicts what I am talking about. The pictures are down near the bottom of this page:

http://www.qbox.org/ptrules.shtml

Have fun!

geezer

[SRT Driver]

I think Porta Target makes one that is easy to set up. It is pricey. Take a look at their setup and adapt something.

[Dirty Steve]

I remembered seeing this and thought a picture may help.

http://www.mgmtargets.com/running.htm

Dirty Steve, Out

[goldfieldshooter]

Hi Guys

I have plans for a 12volt mover that is cheap and simple to make.

I haven't got it in e-mail form but if anyone wants the details just get in touch with me via the forum and I will post it to you. I tried to contact Warren but didn't get a reply. I can take some pictures this weekend and post them [try anyway] if anyone is interested.Also plans for a turning target system using a CED timer all for free. Lets get more people shooting AP.

Goldfields Shooter

[M118LR]

Goldfieldshooter, you have e-mail and PM about the mover plans.

[lynn jones]

it's not were i left it......