Well a tree fell on my rhinehart 3d deer target and split it into two pieces. Anyone ever had this happen? Anyone got any ideas on how to repair it?
Man! That sux! I'm sorry to hear such things happening. I can't help as far as how to fix it. I don't own any 3d targets,. Now if you'd have asked how to keep an eternity target going I could've given you several ideas. I had mine for ages now.
I hope someone can share a quick but effective fix for yours.
God bless,Mudd
I always heard that liquid nails was the way to go to fix breaks in 3D targets.
Sorry Hawk......I'm still giggling. =0)
now you have two targets?? you can set them up at different yardages to vary your shooting.
madness522
"now you have two targets?? you can set them up at different yardages to vary your shooting."
Here's a person who knows that when given lemons, make lemonade. :notworthy: :notworthy:
Mad, hit the nail on the head. Two for the price of one.
dowell rod it together and like someone else said liquid nail....
Get a tube of clear silicone caulk and spread it on one half put it back together and use duct tape to hold it together until it is cured and dry. The caulk stays flexible but will hold strongly and won't hurt the arrows. take the tape off in a few days. I suggest a trial fit first and do the pruning before putting the pieces together. May cost about less than $5.00.
Glueing, epoxying or siliconing a target back together isn't going to hold very long. Putting dowls in is also not a very good idea because you will hit them with your arrows and either rebreak your target or could ruin your arrow. Easier to just use it as two targets.
Trust me, liquid nail will work. Been there done that.
Now you have some BOW WOOD.
Dang it! Silicone, and Liquid nails either one will work. I had a Glendale 150 buck that a feral cat started using as a scratching post....that got pretty ugly.
Liguid nails. I put a foam target back together 4 years ago and it's still going strong.
Duct tape.
I would dowel it in the center. Use old cedar arrows, liquid nails, duct tape. The cedar arrows won't break your arrows, they will give first.
i dont think a cheap white pine dowell from wal-mart will break any arrow if hit. we puposly go out in the woods and shoot at stumps and shoot into the ground with out any problems......
Gorilla glue works also. You just need to wet both surfaces before you put the glue on and then drive some nails in at an angle to hold the pcs together until the glue sets up. The Gorilla glue reacts with moisture and foams up before it cures which helps to fills voids in the foam and lock it all together. You can then pull the nails no problem. The bond of the Gorilla glue is stronger than the original foam, but not so hard that it is a problem for pulling arrows.
Duct tap and liquid nails...the dynamic duo.
A pic could help to understand were and how iis broken.I repair my target and there is been a post on here few time ago about repairing 3Ds.
Just use the front half and screw it to a tree.It will make you shoot better at those deer that only show half of themselves.Otherwise dowels and liquid nails will do it.
Well humm at least you were not pulling arrows at the time!! :saywhat:
cut some dowels to plug it together, glue back with liquid nails and fill in the gaps with great stuff.
I will second the Gorilla glue! I have two cheap Mckenzie targets that the heads kept falling off. I used gorilla glue to glue the heads on and can carry them by the head now if I want to. Stuff foams up and holds good.
liquid nails works fine, my daughters got me a javelina target for fathers day one year and I set it out in the yard and shot it on sunday afternoon and when we woke up on monday morning a bear had hit it during the night and it was scattered around the yard in about six pcs that was about 15 years ago and i'm still shooting that target!
If a tree falls on your target and you aren't around to hear it, did it make a sound?
....Sorry, just couldn't resist :)
Hawk,
Liquid Nails will work. F26 construction adhesive will work better and it is waterproof. Anyone that messes with 3D ranges is aware of using Liquid Nails. F26 Construction Adhesive is available at lumber yards and Home Depot type stores. It is made by Leach. Clean the surfaces of loose material, make sure it is dry, spread the adhesive and hold it together. You will need to clamp it, say with a ratchet strap. It comes in a tube like toothpaste for small jobs and in a caulk gun tube for bigger jobs. It is good stuff. You can even glue things like bricks. Another great product is the E6001 product made by Willamette Valley Company. The same people that make the Shoe Goo adhesive. E6000 if for indoors and E6001 is for outdoors. Both are a silicone adhesive that will have some slight flexibility which may work well for a target.
All good products, Liquid Nails is cheap and well known. You just saw where Larry Jim Bob from Maine rebuilt his javelina 15 years ago. Man, that must be a hardy strain of javelina to live in Maine ---LOL!
Billy
We have patched some up at our club with Liquid Nails and doweled them togather with 3/32 welding rods.Never had a problem damaging arrows.They make two grades of Liquid nail, get the heavy duty kind.
here's the target. i don't know what the odds are of this happening.
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj282/longbowjake/PC180124-1.jpg)
Sorry about your target, but could you tell us how this happened? Has to be a good story.
BTW, heavy duty liquid nails will do the job. Have a friend with a 3D course and he uses it all the time. Insulating foam, low expansion is good to fill the spaces after the glue job is done. I noticed it had the removeable vitals. You can glue the target with the vitals out so you can still replace them.It will be fine.
Sam
sam
we had a pretty bad front come in last thursday with 40-50 mph winds and I'm assuming that's what brought the tree down. Just kinda funny
I made a full target out of two different 3d targets. After squaring the ends with a chainsaw, it was quicker than a handsaw. I siliconed them together and drove 2 - 1/2 inch fiberglass dowels through them, but kept the dowels out of the main target area. Its still working today. I'd say you could do it with your target, but you would not be abel to use the replaceable vital function any more. Good excuse to buy another target.