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My Simulator is in my garage. All garage floors have a slope for drainage. I decided to build a platform so that we can have a level hitting surface. In real golf I usually allow 8-10 yards for every Inch of incline/decline depending on the lie...etc. I got tired of compensating on the Simulator
Materials:
-two 4x8 sheets of pre finished 1/2" thick plywood (to keep the total weight down)
-three 2x4's (lumber)
-construction adhesive (because the plywood was pre finished)
-various size wood screws
Step 1: Determine the amount of slope (can vary from one garage floor to another). Use a level at the spot where we hit from, my floor sloped away 1/4" per foot.
Step 2: Measure your Mat and cut the plywood to the exact size (I would recommend adding 1/16"). You may have to add or join pieces together depending on the size of material you use. The joints must be over the 2x4 pieces you will be adding to the bottom of the platform.
Step 3: Cut the 2x4's to go on the bottom of the platform spacing them approximately one foot apart. My mat is 59x59" (Quattro Mat) so I needed 6 pieces 2" wide x 59" long. The height of each piece will be determined by your slope. Since my slope 1/4" per foot, each piece was cut 1/4" less (height)
Step 4: Fasten the 2x4's to the bottom of your platform. Try to have any joints in the platform sitting on a 2x4 piece (preferably away from where you will be hitting the ball, like the back of the platform)
Step 5: With the platform resting on the floor measure what is needed for the skirt. Since my Quattro Mat is 1 1/4" thick, I wanted to have the skirt 1/2" less in height so that the grass part was above the skirt. You will need to cut two sides of the skirt pieces on an angle depending on the orientation of your platform.
Step 6: With left over material i made two smaller platforms for the gc2 (left and right side) keeping the same slope and a small ramp for getting the ball onto the platform. I added two small L-brackets (that I flattened and bent on one side) to each piece so it would attach to the platform and still be removable simply by lifting up.
Materials:
-two 4x8 sheets of pre finished 1/2" thick plywood (to keep the total weight down)
-three 2x4's (lumber)
-construction adhesive (because the plywood was pre finished)
-various size wood screws
Step 1: Determine the amount of slope (can vary from one garage floor to another). Use a level at the spot where we hit from, my floor sloped away 1/4" per foot.
Step 2: Measure your Mat and cut the plywood to the exact size (I would recommend adding 1/16"). You may have to add or join pieces together depending on the size of material you use. The joints must be over the 2x4 pieces you will be adding to the bottom of the platform.
Step 3: Cut the 2x4's to go on the bottom of the platform spacing them approximately one foot apart. My mat is 59x59" (Quattro Mat) so I needed 6 pieces 2" wide x 59" long. The height of each piece will be determined by your slope. Since my slope 1/4" per foot, each piece was cut 1/4" less (height)
Step 4: Fasten the 2x4's to the bottom of your platform. Try to have any joints in the platform sitting on a 2x4 piece (preferably away from where you will be hitting the ball, like the back of the platform)
Step 5: With the platform resting on the floor measure what is needed for the skirt. Since my Quattro Mat is 1 1/4" thick, I wanted to have the skirt 1/2" less in height so that the grass part was above the skirt. You will need to cut two sides of the skirt pieces on an angle depending on the orientation of your platform.
Step 6: With left over material i made two smaller platforms for the gc2 (left and right side) keeping the same slope and a small ramp for getting the ball onto the platform. I added two small L-brackets (that I flattened and bent on one side) to each piece so it would attach to the platform and still be removable simply by lifting up.
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