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I thought i was immune from mishits/frame bounce backs etc and took a golf ball to the forehead last night. #rookieconfidence. Dont be an idiot like me. Kinda scary but thankfully just a knot on my forehead
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Tough way to learn that lesson. Glad it didn't catch you in the eye or mouth. Did you see it coming back at you or did it hit you before you knew what happened? -
It happened so fast. Didnt see it at all. Im definitely blessed for sure. It could have been SO much worse if it hit my eyeOriginally posted by fortner28 View PostComment
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I have full confidence in my ability to shank a ball anywhere so my sim room looks like an insane asylum -- everything is padded.Comment
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Damn that is scary. I see a lot of posts from people building their enclosures and they always say they're putting up some padding because their wife will be playing or their kids will be playing or their high handicap friends will be playing. But rarely because they themselves are playing. I think we tend to have a false sense of security. You have to figure you're going to be hitting literally thousands upon thousands of balls out there. And yet people think that because they're a single digit handicap that they will never ever shank one. But you eventually will. Look at how many times pros hit shanks. Hell, Webb Simpson once said he hits at least one shank in every practice session and he's one of the best ball strikers in the world. Anyone see Molinari top it off the first tee at Pebble last week? If those guys do it, we will absolutely do it.
I have a couple holes in my drywall from my early days without enough protection. Luckily they aren't holes in my head!
Glad you're okay man!! And glad you can still laugh about it.Comment
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In case you haven't fully covered your frame, here's a picture of the pads I made for my enclosure. Zoom into the corner and you can see the beveled pieces. I have details in another thread, but if you need them, please let me know.
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How did you make these?Originally posted by tntfox View PostIn case you haven't fully covered your frame, here's a picture of the pads I made for my enclosure. Zoom into the corner and you can see the beveled pieces. I have details in another thread, but if you need them, please let me know.
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It's probably easier than you would think. First, I bought a 6" thick x 30" wide x 84" long piece of foam rubber. These products come in various firmness and I chose unwisely and got the FIRM kind - which is probably too firm. Anyway, I cut the foam with a $14 electric knife I got at Walmart - it goes through that stuff super easy, but takes a little to get the hang of making straight cuts. I cut slabs that are about 6" wide, 2" thick, beveled on each end and long enough to span the enclosure. Since my enclosure is longer than the foam piece I bought, I used Spray Gorilla Glue to make the length I needed.
To cover the protectors, I used heavy awning material I got from a fabric outlet ($9 / yard x 60" wide). I cut pieces of the awning material so that when I wrapped it around the foam, it would overlap. I then took the easy way out and just poked holes through the material on the back side so the holes went through the overlap and then tied it off with a small zip tie. I did this about every 12" so you can kind of call it "sewing" but I only have one "stitch" every foot. The material is really tough (I used the same stuff for the sides and top) so I didn't even grommet the stitch holes. If it ever starts to tear out, I can always do that,
To hold it on the top and vertical sides of the enclosure, I actually did use grommets. I think I have 4 grommets across the top and 3 down each side that I used to ball-bungee the protectors to the EMT. For the bottom piece, I had to come up with a different solution. I could have made the bottom protector triangular so it would sit on the floor and angle towards the screen, but I didn't like the look and it would still need to be attached to the lower EMT. So what I did (today, actually) is I strung a thin cable (like picture-hanging wire) through the back of the lower protector which was easy since I just needed to get the cable behind the zip ties. Then I attached the cable to both vertical EMT's with cable clamps. You simply thread the cable through the clamp, around the EMT, then back through the clamp and tighten two little bolts down to grab the cable.
Now the lower section stays up all the time and has a little give as the cable is not super tight. Some balls do fall behind it, but that's much better than having them rocket back at you.
I think the best overall solution would be to have heavy duty velcro on both the screen, the EMT protectors and the side panels, but my screen didn't come with velcro and my wife is not all that interested in sewing 9' x 9' pieces of material for any reason. I have hit quite a few shots into the protectors and since they are FIRM foam rubber, they make lots of noise, but the rebound is minimal so I feel like the are doing their job.
I hope this helps. If its confusing please feel free to ask for detail. It took me a long time to decide to put these together because I spent time looking for something I would not have to build. I made them all in one day, however.
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Wow too close - when I made version one of my sim I welded up 1x1 tubing to create the part to hold the screen and used cable down the sides. I put foam rubber you would put on pipes from HD, I see so many guys on here do that - bad idea we had lots of close calls it doesn't do much. So I ended up using roll bar padding and putting black out stuff over it and down the sides that helped a lot.
In version two I put all the metal - this time SS tubing (Round is better) in the wall - no more black out stuff or padding and no more killer balls came back to hurt anyone - anyways seems you got real lucky that was to close to your eye.
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Back a few years ago when I had just cleared up space to build my sim and gotten as far as installing the angle iron and hanging the screen, I couldn't resist the temptation to try out the space.
Very first shot was a mis-hit that clanged off the angle iron and flew back at me. That was a wake-up call.
I have very effective padding in place all around my screen.
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I would love to know how you made these. I like the way these look and they seem to work wellOriginally posted by hhk27 View PostComment
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How did you makee the padding to cover the enclosure emt?Originally posted by tntfox View PostIn case you haven't fully covered your frame, here's a picture of the pads I made for my enclosure. Zoom into the corner and you can see the beveled pieces. I have details in another thread, but if you need them, please let me know.
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Glad you are OK and thanks for posting for others safety. I have similar setup and started with just pipe insulation. Several shots came back hard. I have since acquired from HD Gutterstuff foam gutter guard. It’s made of hard foam in a triangle shape that’s 48” long. I wrapped them in black denim and attached to sides of cage by screen with point towards golfer. Makes a nice boarder and no way for ball to deflect straight back now. I attached using Velcro to side curtain/net. Probably could identify better method. My cage has a low roof so top crossbar can be hit with lob wedge. I hung a 12” piece of black denim as a baffle 4”’s out from top crossbar across width of screen. This hanging fabric catches high shots and slows them down. Fit my solution as top of screen was not used for video anyway. Could have used foam solution on top as well with good attachment solution. These are cheap as well.Comment
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Since I'm not sure exactly how these forum pages notify people of updates, I'm posting the below to the overall thread. The same this is posted above in response to @hhk27.
I also added a picture of me cutting the foam so you can see what I started with. You can see that I tried to bevel the long edges as well to make them fit the corners better. Seems to have worked ok.
It's probably easier than you would think. First, I bought a 6" thick x 30" wide x 84" long piece of foam rubber from Amazon for about $80 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S39LFVY...roduct_details). These products come in various firmness and I chose unwisely and got the FIRM kind - which is probably too firm. Anyway, I cut the foam with a $14 electric knife I got at Walmart - it goes through that stuff super easy, but takes a little to get the hang of making straight cuts. I cut slabs that are about 6" wide, 2" thick, beveled on each end and long enough to span the enclosure. Since my enclosure is longer than the foam piece I bought, I used Spray Gorilla Glue to make the length I needed.
To cover the protectors, I used heavy awning material I got from a fabric outlet ($9 / yard x 60" wide). I cut pieces of the awning material so that when I wrapped it around the foam, it would overlap. I then took the easy way out and just poked holes through the material on the back side so the holes went through the overlap and then tied it off with a small zip tie. I did this about every 12" so you can kind of call it "sewing" but I only have one "stitch" every foot. The material is really tough (I used the same stuff for the sides and top) so I didn't even grommet the stitch holes. If it ever starts to tear out, I can always do that,
To hold it on the top and vertical sides of the enclosure, I actually did use grommets. I think I have 4 grommets across the top and 3 down each side that I used to ball-bungee the protectors to the EMT. For the bottom piece, I had to come up with a different solution. I could have made the bottom protector triangular so it would sit on the floor and angle towards the screen, but I didn't like the look and it would still need to be attached to the lower EMT. So what I did (today, actually) is I strung a thin cable (like picture-hanging wire) through the back of the lower protector which was easy since I just needed to get the cable behind the zip ties. Then I attached the cable to both vertical EMT's with cable clamps. You simply thread the cable through the clamp, around the EMT, then back through the clamp and tighten two little bolts down to grab the cable.
Now the lower section stays up all the time and has a little give as the cable is not super tight. Some balls do fall behind it, but that's much better than having them rocket back at you.
I think the best overall solution would be to have heavy duty velcro on both the screen, the EMT protectors and the side panels, but my screen didn't come with velcro and my wife is not all that interested in sewing 9' x 9' pieces of material for any reason. I have hit quite a few shots into the protectors and since they are FIRM foam rubber, they make lots of noise, but the rebound is minimal so I feel like the are doing their job.
I hope this helps. If its confusing please feel free to ask for detail. It took me a long time to decide to put these together because I spent time looking for something I would not have to build. I made them all in one day, however.
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Wonder if something like this would work well? Cut it to required length and wrap it in some black tarp or fabric.Comment
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