Impact screen curtain setup

[Rizzo777]

Has anyone had success hanging a screen on one piece of emt attached to ceiling rafters and bungee or clip the sides to something with success? I've looked at a few postings about curtain like setups but not much out there. I'd like something to move to the side with ease rather than a perm setup. I looked at sportscreen but rather have something more budget friendly. Tips and pics of your alike setups are appreciated!

[wbond]

I used to have a setup that the screen hung from a wire and then it was bungeed on the sides. It was attached to one wall on one side and then attached it to a angle iron that was placed in a bucket with cement. Worked well enough for the space I had. I could just pick up the bucket to move it when needed.

[Libbing]

I have a 15' wide screen that my family also uses for movies / video games. The first screen I put up got all beat up and it started to impact image quality (and my kids were using it for video games and movies even more than I was using it for golf, so it became annoying). I cut up the original screen (threw out the beat up part and finished the edges on the other two sections) and use the remnants as a hitting screen in front of my main screen - it can be pulled aside when watching movies or pulled in front for golf. It is only about 6' wide to absorb 99% of the shots. The screen in the back is still an impact screen so a shank hitting it isn't an issue. I installed a high tension wire at the top from which I hang it. It hangs from the wire with closable metal loops. I put two ropes on either side (at the top) so that I can pull it tight at the top (one side of the rope is permanently attached so that the screen stops at the correct spot every time, and then I secure the other side after pulling tight by hooking the rope to the angle iron that is securing my main screen. It hangs free other than at the top. You have to attach it somewhere or it will collapse in when the balls hits. I've found it hangs pretty well by just securing it at the top. It would probably be better to add weight at the bottom or secure the bottom as well, but I didn't care that much and didn't want to make it a big exercise to pull it back and forth. Also, since it is only covering 40% of my main screen, I didn't want ropes coming across the main screen. Rather than the high tension wire, it might have been better to use a heavy duty curtain track.

If I didn't have the big screen in back and just wanted to make this a movable screen, here's what I'd do from what I've learned so far:
- use a curtain track or high tension wire at top
- attach one side of the screen to an angle iron with bungees
- attach the other side with hooks - the more you have the better for screen smoothing, but then it would take longer to attach; having a solid metal (non-bendable) rod sewn into the side of the screen might be an idea - then you could just attach the pole at 3 spots with bungees rather than all the way up and down the screen; you could attach both sides using bungees but you just want to do it in a way that is quick to attach / reattach (bungees to hooks, then the hooks go in the angle iron

I use the protee screen, which is very soft when it comes to folding it like a curtain; not sure if some of the other sports screens would fold aside as well

If this is a garage setup, there are designs out there where the entire screen setup lifts up to the ceiling