paper tuning stand

[nhbuck1]

anyone have a cheap way to make a paper tuning stand or what you have used? thanks alot
kyle

[Bowwild]

I don't have a picture but I made one from PVC piping once.

It was basically a rectangle about 3'x2' (tall) with inverted T-legs I made it so the center of the frame was at shoulder height on me. I didn't glue it together so it could come apart for storage or transport.

I've also simply cut a large square hole in both sides of a large cardboard box and taped wrapping paper over the front. Quick and cheap.

[nhbuck1]

thumb tacs to hold paper?

[YosemiteSam]

I had an old rifle target stand made from 1x2s bolted together.  I would just stick it in the dirt since the place I was shooting had really sandy soil.  It took a couple bullets as I was developing cast loads for an old 30-30 & subsequently broke.  Now, I keep it around for paper tuning arrows by putting a giant binder clip on the busted section.  I just use whatever I happen to have around to hold it in the back yard -- cinder block, an old boot, whatever.  But I've found bare shafting to be much more reliable for me (and less to setup) so I mostly just do that.  Between that & just standing 6' in front of my straw bales, I get a pretty good look at how straight the arrows are coming out.

[MnFn]

2X2 screwed together to make a frame.
One piece of plywood to extend the frame away from the backstop  (I use a bag target)
One c clamp to attach frame to plywood
Bag sits on top one end of plywood, frame on the other

[ronp]

I made up a quick, disposable one using a big cardboard box.  Just cut a big square hole in the front and back of it,taped my sheet of paper over the hole, stood the box on end and shot away.

[damascusdave]

I have used an aluminum step ladder...just tape the paper on

DDave

[Longtoke]

Originally posted by ronp:
I made up a quick, disposable one using a big cardboard box.  Just cut a big square hole in the front and back of it,taped my sheet of paper over the hole, stood the box on end and shot away.

x2

[crazynate]

Find an old realtor sign. They're usually metal and there lots of them around. Then you have a solid frame to tape paper onto. I took one and cut the bottom off so it's flat. I set that on my block target and it works well.

[macbow]

X3 on the cardboard,box

[Biathlonman]

Big box here too.  Perfect time to find one after the holidays when people put the big TV boxes and such out in the trash.

[Hummer3T]

I got an old flip board easel from a garbage bin, works great

watch schools, office buildings etc.

[mboustany]

X 4 on the cardboard box.  Cut out front and back and taped newspaper to cover the front.  Cheap and easy and quick to replace.

[DarkTimber]

I use my glassing tripod as a stand.  I built a frame out of 1x2s and bought an extra quick release plate for my tripod head and screwed it to a small section of 2x2 on the bottom of the frame. Quick and easy.

[Bladepeek]

I did the PVC job and only glued some of the pieces together so I can take it down into pieces that are all in one plane. Made the mistake of buying a newsprint "end of roll". That stuff is like tissue paper and I can't get clean tears on it. Need to get some brown wrapping paper instead. I made the stand so I could put the roll of paper on the top cross-bar and just pull it down as needed. Great in theory if the paper had worked out.

[Roy from Pa]

I hang a roll of freezer paper on a rope. Roll down about 18 inches and clamp the roll with a spring clamp and then place a spring clamp on each bottom corner to keep it hanging tight. All I gotta do for more paper is just unroll some more.