Impact Screen 101

[zip]

I purchased 192 inches of HQ2 raw material from Cory at Par2Pro. http://www.par2pro.com/shop/product_...products_id=98

I ended up needing a 164 inch finished screen, so I cut the screen to exact length and made a 1 inch double stitched hem around all 4 sides.

I bought this webbing for the straps. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I cut 6 inches pieces of webbing, folded them in half and sewed them with 5 passes in to the hem every 12 inches.




I used 12 inch bungees to secure the screen to the angle iron. http://www.menards.com/main/tools-ha.../p-1946592.htm

The screen comes to within about 3 inches of the angle iron on each side and along the top. The bottom hangs loose. I ran out of bungees for the bottom 3 feet, so the last picture isn't the finsihed product, as you can see by the waves/wrinkles in the bottom third of the screen. When I get those bungees installed the screen shouuld look pretty flat and uniform from top to bottom. Once I do that I'll double check the tightness and adjust as necessary. Then I plan to start hitting balls softly in to the net and have some watch from behind the net to see ho much deflection I get. Re-adjust bungees and keep hitting balls harder until I can hit a driver and get good deflection.

[zip]

My screen area is framed 170 inches wide and 118 inches high. Along each vertical stud and along the bottom of the ceiling joist I secured 1-1/4 inch 14 gauge angle iron using 1-1/2 inch lag screws every 12 inches.

I purchased a 10x10 golf net from http://www.ejourneytohealth.com/.

I hung it with a 24 inch bungee in each corner and three 48 inch bungees on each side. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Keeper-24...6023/203635138

It's stretched to 12 feet at the top and bottom. The sides hang much looser.

[Maverick]

See my response to zip above.

[bpep]

how tight do we make the net so it serves its supporting purpose?

[Maverick]

I'm getting ready to hang my net as well. I have angle iron down the sides and am going to use zip ties to secure it so it can support the screen that will be hung with bungees. how tight should it be made. Thoughts?

Tight enough just so you don't have waves on the screen. But not too tight.

[Maverick]

Zip,

Go by feel, I made mine so the net can move back a foot on impact.

[bpep]

I'm getting ready to hang my net as well. I have angle iron down the sides and am going to use zip ties to secure it so it can support the screen that will be hung with bungees. how tight should it be made. Thoughts?

[zip]

Yes I plan to anchor the center. I only had 4 bungees available tonight.

That net is a 10x10 unstretched. The top and bottom are stretched to about 12 feet right now. Does your experience tell you that seems about right? The impact screen will sit flush to the front of the net.

[Maverick]

I did not say super loose. I said loose. And you need to anchor the middle parts of the net also.

[zip]

I hung my net tonight. I think someone (ZMax?) told me to let it hang super loose. The middle is really loose, so much that I can't imagine it's going to have any effect on supporting the screen that will hang in front of it. Any comments?