Confederate_Jay
Senior Member
We are building 5 new towers to put in our club. Same design as others I have posted pics of in the past. We got 800 more acres right before season started last year and these will be club stands in the new area. Lot of work in building these ( 2 solid days, just welding them, good part of another was spent cutting and bending ends) but its worth it when it comes to being comfortable, dry, and well concealed. They are portable enough that moving them is not a big deal if it becomes necessary.
6/30/14- Due to interest and PM's I am adding the cut list and measurements for the stands. Top enclosure and Base are built separate and put together on site. with the roof off the top will fit inside the base for transport. Look at pictures below for reference.
Tower Stand measurements-shooting enclosure
Top Enclosure-all ½ inch emt conduit
Start with longest cuts first to minimize scrap waste
(14) 48 inch- horizontal framing around enclosure:
(4) Top plate
(4) bottom base,
(6)upper and lower shooting window frames Front and 2 sides.
(2) 50" across roof rafter stringers. Make rafters 2 inches longer than ones listed above to let the reach across top ... weld to underside so roof will lay flush on top
Cutting two 48" pieces out of a 10 ft. stalk of conduit will leave 24 inches of scrap for corner braces or 12.inchbottom braces
(2) 72 inch Front uprights- ends are not flattened on any uprights except door frame
(4) 69 inch Rear uprights and door frame (3 inch drop for angle on roof)
(8) 12 inch angle braces for floor of stand - and small shooting window rails on either side of door- 2 can be cut from scrap left over from horizontal frame
(6) 24 inch angled braces from corner uprights to lower shooting window rail[/COLOR]
Tower Stand measurements- Base/ ladder section
Tower base- all ¾ inch emt conduit except the 4 legs. They can be built out of 3/4 but we now use 1 inch which enables less bracing in each corner
(4) 10 foot 1 inch stalks for legs legs and two 10 foot 3/4 inch stalks for the ladder-
legs don't require ends flattened-ladder.flattened only on top end where it attaches to 4'x4' frame rail that will eventually be the floor of the stand.
ladder rungs bolted to horizontal mid and bottom braces of stand
(7) 20 inch Ladder rungs
(4) 6 oot Horizontal brace around bottom of tower stand base. This give more angle on the ladder and a larger footprint for stability.
(6) 4 foot Horizontal platform frame rail/braces- (4) around top of tower at platform, and (2)center cross braces to support plywood (it helps to make these cross braces 2 inches longer to give enough length to reach across outside rails). Weld these and corner braces to underside of so plywood floor will lay flush inside the frame rails.
(24) 12 inch corner braces (use up scrap first ...if using 1 inch legs less corner braces are required)
(3) Cut to fit (roughly 8.5 foot) leg cross bracing and 1 horizontal brace cut to fit across front 2 legs, middle way up behind the ladder.
6/30/14- Due to interest and PM's I am adding the cut list and measurements for the stands. Top enclosure and Base are built separate and put together on site. with the roof off the top will fit inside the base for transport. Look at pictures below for reference.
Tower Stand measurements-shooting enclosure
Top Enclosure-all ½ inch emt conduit
Start with longest cuts first to minimize scrap waste
(14) 48 inch- horizontal framing around enclosure:
(4) Top plate
(4) bottom base,
(6)upper and lower shooting window frames Front and 2 sides.
(2) 50" across roof rafter stringers. Make rafters 2 inches longer than ones listed above to let the reach across top ... weld to underside so roof will lay flush on top
Cutting two 48" pieces out of a 10 ft. stalk of conduit will leave 24 inches of scrap for corner braces or 12.inchbottom braces
(2) 72 inch Front uprights- ends are not flattened on any uprights except door frame
(4) 69 inch Rear uprights and door frame (3 inch drop for angle on roof)
(8) 12 inch angle braces for floor of stand - and small shooting window rails on either side of door- 2 can be cut from scrap left over from horizontal frame
(6) 24 inch angled braces from corner uprights to lower shooting window rail[/COLOR]
Tower Stand measurements- Base/ ladder section
Tower base- all ¾ inch emt conduit except the 4 legs. They can be built out of 3/4 but we now use 1 inch which enables less bracing in each corner
(4) 10 foot 1 inch stalks for legs legs and two 10 foot 3/4 inch stalks for the ladder-
legs don't require ends flattened-ladder.flattened only on top end where it attaches to 4'x4' frame rail that will eventually be the floor of the stand.
ladder rungs bolted to horizontal mid and bottom braces of stand
(7) 20 inch Ladder rungs
(4) 6 oot Horizontal brace around bottom of tower stand base. This give more angle on the ladder and a larger footprint for stability.
(6) 4 foot Horizontal platform frame rail/braces- (4) around top of tower at platform, and (2)center cross braces to support plywood (it helps to make these cross braces 2 inches longer to give enough length to reach across outside rails). Weld these and corner braces to underside of so plywood floor will lay flush inside the frame rails.
(24) 12 inch corner braces (use up scrap first ...if using 1 inch legs less corner braces are required)
(3) Cut to fit (roughly 8.5 foot) leg cross bracing and 1 horizontal brace cut to fit across front 2 legs, middle way up behind the ladder.
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