Web published update by Bill aka Mickey Porter on This bench is the definition of rustic. Folds flat. Go with the slatted arrangements of wood pallet slats and put them together to shape up the L-shape seat and backrest and then finish by installing legs and armrests. You can see my other shooting bench project HERE. This is build a wooden shooting bench 9th an L-shape kitchen nook storage bench that provides storage in the seats that are like a big box.

Investing in cedar or other weather resistant lumber is a good idea, as it will pay off on the long run. If you have all the materials and tools required for the project, you could get the job done in about a day. Hammer, Tape measure, Framing square, Level. Miter saw, Drill machinery, Screwdriver, Sander. Safety Gloves, Safety Glasses. One day. The first step of the project is to build the top frame for the shooting bench.

Add glue to the joints and align the edges with attention. Use a speed square to make sure the corners are right-angled. Attach the rest of the components to the top frame, as shown in the diagram.

Ideally you should set the post in concrete. Use a spirit level to check if the posts are plumb. Plumb the legs with a spirit level and set them into concrete. Smooth the edges with sandpaper or with a router. Fill the holes with wood putty and let them dry out for a few hours.

Smooth the surface with grit sandpaper and remove the residues with a damp cloth. I am still waiting on one of my friends to get me a piece of 2 inch stainless steel angle x 2 inches in length x. I plan to locate a pressure sensitive Teflon pad to install under the front of the rest where it hinges to help reduce friction in that area.

The rear of the shooting rest will be slightly elevated off the shooting bench using the fine tune vertical adjuster which has a hard slick phenolic pad underneath the elevation screw contact area and will reduce friction without inhibiting overall stability. I removed the hinged walnut from the one piece rest base whereby I could utilize the drill press to enlarge the.

The bronze bushing was just a little over. I did not do a complete sequence pixs of what I did but below are a few thumbnails of the bushing installed in the one piece shooting rest and also the portable shooting bench.

I used the Dremel tool and a small cut-off friction wheel to cut the bronze bushing to length and ground it to the proper final length using a 1 inch x 42 inch bench mounted belt sander with an aluminum oxide grit belt.

My ole small South Bend lathe would have been ideal for cutting the bushing to length. The owner of the lathe is not using it and he said he would sell it back to me and might take him up on the offer. I used a couple small right angle squares to get a visual aid to help keep the hand held portable drill aligned. I will probably add a small low profile thrust bearing between the one piece shooting rest and portable shooting bench at the pivot point which should reduce friction there since the Sinclair rest is at least 17 pounds in weight.

I could have made a wood Tee support for the forward rest but used what I already had in the way of a front rest One of my friends should have the stainless steel 2 inch angle for me tomorrow and will install the pressure pad adjacent the fine tune windage screw adjustment. All my routers had too large a foot print on the base to get the left hand portion of the bracket routed out because of the walnut home made molding already glued in place My next iteration of this low tech poaboy one piece shooting rest if there is a need will probably be in T6 aluminum flat bar stock; totally portable and independent of my portable shooting bench.

The plunger button came with several different thickness springs and used the heaviest one which worked out perfect! The plunger has a Delrin type replaceable tip and the plunger housing also has an adjustment weight set screw that increases the tension on the inner shaft plunger if needed.

Since there is an arch to the movement of the one piece shooting rest when adjusting windage, the threaded rod contact at the pressure pad will move in a slight East to West direction depending on which way you rotate the one piece shooting rest.

A steel split nut installed inside the aluminum block for the stainless steel threaded rod to move through would work just as well requiring a pressure set-screw to tighten the split nut for any slack present This fine tune windage adjuster has two 2 recycled archery components; Berger style plunger button and PSE stabilizer rod weight. There just might be a little bit of an overkill on the fine tune windage adjuster but that is my nature.

This has been Build A Wooden Bench With Backrest 60 a very fun and laid back project. I am waiting on the weather conditions to get better before I start burning up some ammo with the CZ American left hand rimfire rifle. I can't seem to catch a good day yet to do some serious test firing but fired a few rounds in the wind and just getting some trigger time in only. I added a Sinclair forend benchrest adapter to the stock of the CZ American and took the sand bag off the Sinclair rest windage top and it works pretty good.

You loose some "man points" on the pretty aqua blue color base though. The adapter is very easy to set-up requiring only one screw supplied that fits like a glove in the existing stock sling stud hole. The UHMW base material is "slippery as an eel" and rides effortless on the rest platform. When our annual squirrel season rolled around, I removed the Sinclair forend benchrest adapter and went back to the leather and sand bag front rest support.

I disconnected the heavy spring return at the rear of the benchrest where I can quickly move from right to left without having to use the fine tune windage adjuster. When target shooting only, I connect the spring back up. Seems like I keep changing things up, but this set-up will no doubt remain the same for a while Check out my squirrel skinning and rabbit skinning pages. If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, please take this moment to accept him by Faith into your Life, whereby Salvation will be attained.

Open this link about faith in the King James Bible. Philippians "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. I seem to be going in a full circle , since I cut my teeth using an ole Winchester model 67 single shot bolt action rifle and fired many thousands of rounds through that rifle and harvested my share of small game with it as well.

As with most things that I do and have done in the past, I seem to go at least one step beyond into an overkill mode which normally requires an additional outlay of cash, however I didn't go off the grid on this project and went a little frugal and had to retrace my steps to get it right! It makes no difference, whether you are into golf, boating, dirt biking, sporting clays, trap shooting, skiing, hunting, fishing, etc.

I know, stingy comes to mind for sure! That shooting bench certainly does leave a lot to be desired and didn't take too long to realize, I had to either purchase something better or make it myself. Ok, I am finally getting to the meat and potatoes of this short story. Titebond Original glue or glue of your choice. Below, the layout on the piece of plywood ready to cut the side pieces.

The blue aluminum drywall square isn't square but more or less used the long blade as a straight edge. Pixs below: After cleaning up the edges of the plywood with the router, I used a block of wood and a small Stanley hand finish trim saw to cut a forty-five 45 degree angle off each bench top corner to have it a little more ergonomically designed.

Web published on by Bill aka Mickey Porter with updated pixs on Below pix of what I received: The little Hoppe's gun rest I have used for decades looks like a toy compared to this rest. Web published update on by Bill aka Mickey Porter. Web published updates by Bill aka Mickey Porter on Web published update by Bill aka Mickey Porter on The above groups at 52 yards and will take a squirrel out all day long!

You do not need to join anything to get the plans. It is possible to copy and paste the entire set of pictures and text, but it does require Snagit to copy that cutting outlay. Boy, I wish you had supplied that earlier, it would have saved a lot of time and aggravation. Nonetheless, thanks. A solid bench is necessary to get a good zero. More room on top is good if you have equipment such as spotting scopes, lead sled, mechanical shooting vise, or chronograph.

Then spare ammo, and maybe multiple guns to test. If you sink your posts and get them firmly in soil or concrete and then build teh bench level on the posts it can be better. Making some seat overlays so height can be adjusted for different sized shooter so kids, teens and others can sit comfortably is a good idea. Hey Great gift! Thanks for the free plans.

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