How to make a target for fencing practice.

This will show you a simple way to make a target to practice fencing with easy to obtain items.

Step 1 Gather your materials.

You'll need a couple of things for this instructable.
-A tennis ball
-A knife or other sharp device for punching a hole in said tennis ball
-String
-Lighter (if you use nylon string, for fusing the ends to prevent fraying)
-A "S" hook
-A washer

Comments

[mash4077]

you look like someone i used to fence with his name was john vivan

[Tomton]

Unfortunately (or Fortunately, seeing as I don't know him), I am not John Vivan.

[shikaku]

hey, hang this in your garage, and you'll know when to stop your car. oh wait, it's where the idea comes from. but still, i used my parents to practice fencing sometimes, so it does work lol

[ryzellon]

I've got a challenge for you: (no, not a smack-you-in-the-face-with-a-gauntlet challenge) build a freestanding target that's relatively portable but does not require anything other than a reasonably flat floor. I'm thinking something like a large weeble with a driveway reflector stuck in the top? Maybe have the two parts screwed together so it can be removed for storage, etc. (I'd try this myself, but I'm several thousand miles from home, so I don't have any materials to work with.)

[thoraxe]

why dont u prop your little brother or cousin on a stool and use that? LOL

[bombs go boom]

LOL

[Flash19950]

funnnnny!

[bombs go boom]

rotflol

[bombs go boom]

dig it, kid

[thoraxe]

wow guys the jokes wasnt that funny

[BrianOfStonemarche]

Get one of those fiberglass bicycle flags. Pull off the orange flag. Poke holes in opposite ends of a tennis ball... or if you're up for a real challenge, a ping-pong ball. Or three. Slide the balls on to the post from the flag. Use whatever you want to make a base for the thing. You can also lop off the bracket and just poke it into the ground if you're outside.

[Tomton]

I'm actually in the process of hollowing out the inside of a foam half sphere, then I'm filling it with sand and putting another on top to make a weeble (like ryzellon suggested) and stabbing a long stake into it with a target on top

[Tomton]

Once I get the stuff.... I have the design all done... everything should work in theory. I just need to buy materials. And walking to walmart or where ever to buy stuff during winter is cold. So it's coming in the near future.

[Tomton]

You, sir, have just inspired me. It'll be my next project.

[manonfire285]

First comment! Great idea, i've been waiting for something better than a leather pad on a wall. Thanks!

[Tomton]

Thanks! I really like this one because it's portable, anywhere you can hang it and stab it without breaking something fragile, you can practice.