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  • Buy Impact Screen Fabric Directly from Mill

    As a cost sensitive person attempting to build a high quality simulator, I realized purchasing the correct impact screen is critical to both the simulator's overall performance and it's price tag. It should be affordable, durable, seamless, impact resistant, have minimal bounce back, low noise, and display HD quality images.

    West Coast Netting, Par2Pro, Foresight, Carl's Place and others listed in various forum threads all sell screens but none actually manufacture them. Buying second hand increases cost and my goal to buy the highest quality materials at the best possible price can only be accomplished by purchasing direct from the mill that manufacturers the fabric.

    After plenty of research I found the mill that's manufacturing the impact screen fabric for Foresight, Carl's Place and others. The mills highest quality impact screen fabric is a heavyweight knit polyester sold only in 120 inch x 40 yard rolls. The raw material costs $56/yard without shipping.

    40 yards is clearly too much material for my simulator so I'm looking to get a group of us on the forum to split a roll.

    Please advise any interest or questions.

  • what shipping service did you intend to use?

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    • Originally posted by dbgolf72 View Post
      what shipping service did you intend to use?
      I intended to use usps.
      I can change to whatever you prefer?

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      • I not sure why others were able to prepay and you were not. Did you find the correct webpage? Try one of the other carriers.

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        • Originally posted by dbgolf72 View Post
          I not sure why others were able to prepay and you were not. Did you find the correct webpage? Try one of the other carriers.
          Hi. I think it has to do with me not being in the US? But i have now sent you a label to an US adress so we should be good now. (i did try UPS international and they wanted 490 us for shipping...)
          Last edited by Snaphook; 04-16-2017, 02:52 PM.

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          • Yikes that would have been way to expensive. Ok will get it sent out to your new address on Monday. Thank you

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            • Sorry, I was away from the site and just got caught up on what's happening. Since mine is one of only two that aren't packed up, should I wait for you to get me a package weight?

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              • You should wait until I give you the info. I think I need to use a different box for your screen.

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                • Wigalo please tell me your final dimensions for the screen asap.

                  Domino please contact Brian at ga stage asap and give him your dimensions.

                  They are holding the other screens until they hear from you guys they don't want to finish them piecemail they want to finish all at once.

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                  • Thanks, db. I'll sit tight and wait until you get to it. I am in exactly zero rush so that you know. I'm building a house and jumped on this opportunity for obvious reasons but I'm not using the screen right away. So, if you want to get everyone else squared away before figuring out how to box mine, that's fine with me.

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                    • Ok will keep in mind thank you. Goal is to get everything finished this week.

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                      • Good Morning,

                        I've (clamberto) sent the shipping label just now to you DB. Thank you very much for doing this for all of us.

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                        • Thank you received

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                          • Emailed shipping label, Thanks

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                            • Received thank you.

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                              • Pending labels from
                                Chris skinkle
                                dack
                                wundej
                                cbdboz

                                missing final screen dimensions from Wigalo

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