New Stakes for my grass volleyball net in 30 minutes or less @ TechShop San Jose!

So... I needed some stakes (as my old ones have been beaten and are just embarrassing) for my Grass Volleyball net.

Materials:
1/2 diameter Rebar
1/8" thick steel washer or discs (in this case Ryan used the water jet to cut them out of some angle iron I found)

Machines Used @ TechShop San Jose:
WaterJet
Hot Saw
Mig Welder
Fixture table (welding table... that I cleaned after I was done BTW)
Bench Grinder
Pedestal Disc Sander

Hand Tools/misc items used:
Hammer (just in case... hammers can fix anything!)
Vice grip
Tape measure
Welding Helmet, gloves, general protection
Fixture/hold down (magnet and clamp)
Safety glasses & ear plugs too!

Skills Required:
Awesomeness
Mad welding skills
Grinding/Sanding Action
(Someone who is signed off on the waterjet already since I want to make it yesterday!) Thanks Ryan.

All done @ TechShop San Jose!
http://www.techshop.ws/ts_sanjose.html

Step 1: Didn't have washers or discs handy... so waterjet time

Ryan was good enough to help me out and cut the discs I needed from some angle iron I found. Approximately 1.75" diameter.

He had to rig some clamps to get it done.

Afterwards it was a few simple taps with a hammer to get them free.

Comments

[lime3D]

Very nice instructable.

My comments to follow are in no way a criticism of your idea, or your instructable (I really hate it when people rag on an author here).

I just wanted to share another idea that I've been using for years to hold down tents, canopies, and event those big airblown yard displays.

Found these at the dollar store.

[useraaaaa]

Spend less than $5
hahaha

people you need to go to elementary school

[l8nite]

Welcome to the insanity of being an instructables poster ! Most of my area of Florida doesn't have soil, just some kind of dirty sand, metal spikes like these would just pull out so it's either 2' of rebar or about a foot of 1/2" pvc which does stay in the ground

[dchall8]

Yours are great if you have the tools.  I just use these 12-inch spikes from Lowe's.  They're about $0.50 or so.
http://images.lowes.com/product/converted/764666/764666149618lg.jpg

[rcolet]

Thanks dchall, since I have access here @ TechShop anyway, I couldn't help myself. I'm a bit of over achiever, I built an earlier set of stakes for soft soil but those were tired after 20 years of use... I paid $3 for the rebar & found the angle iron.
I hit my goals for the project...
1. Make my first instructable!
2. Play Volleyball that day
3. Spend less than $5
4. Use recyclable materials and/or repurpose materials
5. Make something cooler than the norm!