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  • gnomike
    Advanced Member
    • Feb 2018
    • 266

    #16
    So I put the net up according to all the suggestions. My Setup was angle iron at 7.5" from the back wall (I had to push the envelope lol). I hung 2" memory foam from the top bar in back, then put sports netting stretched taught with bungees at first then with zip ties later (on sides and top); and finally my impact screen in front (carl's premium) tensioned moderately with bungees on sides & top.

    Awesome!!! Can you say "no bounce back!"? Tested up to ball speed 140mph... drops dead. That's me swinging out of my shoes, btw... faster hitters would prob be ok too

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    • gnomike
      Advanced Member
      • Feb 2018
      • 266

      #17
      OH! How should I hang the mattress topper memory foam?. mthunt vrpunk & anyone else who used a mattress topper... how did you keep it up? I'm about to try a duvet cover because my original try failed... thoughts?

      I hung the memory foam using tarp clips spaced about 10" apart, and after about 5 days the foam topper ripped out of the clips and fell to the floor. I tried hitting without it just for kicks, and the bounceback was still reasonable, but probably 6"-24". Louder, too. I'll definitely be sticking to mem foam.

      Anyway, the second time re-hanging I made a wild criss cross web cage out of duct tape and reattached to the tarp clips. Duct tape, 1001 uses, now a thousand and two. The problem? Duct tape doesn't like memory foam. It's slowly peeling away. I figure I've got another week before I'm picking the mem foam off the floor again.

      SHE'S GOT HUGE.... TRACKS OF LAND!! (sorry... flashback to a monty python skit about building a castle on marshland... over and over and over lol... but I digress...)

      so... back to the duvet cover idea... or other?

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      • mthunt
        Ultimate Member
        • Aug 2014
        • 4748

        #18
        I sandwiches it between two 2x4 and hung in with rope.
        My Courses:
        World Par 3's by mthunt
        Toronto GC (L) mthunt
        Burlington G&CC by mthunt
        Weston G&CC by mthunt
        London Hunt Club L mthunt
        Park CC Lidar mthunt
        Sunningdale GC Robinson L
        Sunningdale GC Thompson L
        Muirfield Village (liDAR) First Ever Lidar course
        Country Club of Castle Pines (liDAR)
        The Sanctuary GC ProTee L
        The National GC L mthunt
        Mississaugua GC L mthunt
        Shaughnessy G&CC L mthunt
        Markland Woods CC mthunt
        Hidden Lake Old L mthunt
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        • gnomike
          Advanced Member
          • Feb 2018
          • 266

          #19
          mthunt A giant clamp! Great suggestion... cheap, too Thanks!

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          • mthunt
            Ultimate Member
            • Aug 2014
            • 4748

            #20
            It’s upside down but.
            My Courses:
            World Par 3's by mthunt
            Toronto GC (L) mthunt
            Burlington G&CC by mthunt
            Weston G&CC by mthunt
            London Hunt Club L mthunt
            Park CC Lidar mthunt
            Sunningdale GC Robinson L
            Sunningdale GC Thompson L
            Muirfield Village (liDAR) First Ever Lidar course
            Country Club of Castle Pines (liDAR)
            The Sanctuary GC ProTee L
            The National GC L mthunt
            Mississaugua GC L mthunt
            Shaughnessy G&CC L mthunt
            Markland Woods CC mthunt
            Hidden Lake Old L mthunt
            Magna GC L mthunt
            Barrie CC L mthunt
            mthunt Range

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            • Ykaar
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2016
              • 169

              #21
              I ended up with this and very happy on my 3 sims (no noise, no bounce, very cheap.

              Note : the "order" on the picture is not the good one, it is 1) impact screen 2) Net 3) Braid

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              • gnomike
                Advanced Member
                • Feb 2018
                • 266

                #22
                Ykaar very nice! BTW Is that a duvet cover over a memory foam mattress topper or something else? Was “braid “ a typo?

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                • Ykaar
                  Senior Member
                  • Feb 2016
                  • 169

                  #23
                  I dont know how to name this in english sorry (braid comes from google translate ^^). This is what you have on your bed in winter to avoid cold when sleeping ! So duvet cover I would say in english

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                  • vrpunk
                    Advanced Member
                    • Nov 2015
                    • 387

                    #24
                    I (the wife) sewed web strapping on the duvet cover and hung it that way.

                    Good luck

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                    • gnomike
                      gnomike commented
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                      Thanks! I think I (the wife) may be getting a sewing assignment soon lol
                  • triplebogeysrbetter
                    Advanced Member
                    • Mar 2018
                    • 495

                    #25
                    gnomike I have a blanket and sleep bag behind mine. I'm still using the Carl's standard screen and the noise is very little. The bounce is minimal.

                    Tried the moving blankets, but I blasted holes into them.

                    I've thought of having the wife behind it. Might increase my ball and club head speed. JK :-)

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                    • gnomike
                      gnomike commented
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                      LOL.... but i might also develop the tendency to throw my clubs "down range"... j/k

                    • triplebogeysrbetter
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                      There's that as well.
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