PELLET PAD PROJECT

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PELLET  PAD  PROJECT :

HI FOLKS, I GOT THE URGE TO MAKE A PELLET PAD , AND I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE WHAT I HAVE.

THE 22 CAL SEEMS TO WORK BETTER THAN THE 177, SO THAT IS WHAT I CHOOSE………..I HAVE 3 22CAL AGS……

THE SORUCE OF FOAM IS THE INTERLOCKING PADS I HAVE ON MY GARAGE FLOOR WK. AREA.   JOST GOOGLE INTERLOCKING FOAM PADS

THEY ARE VERY EASY TO CUT AND SHAPE, JUST BE SURE YOUR CUTTER IS SHARP !!!!      ALSO…TAKE YOUR TIME…..ONCE CUT IT IS GONE…..

I USED A CAMERA, AND SCANNER, PLUS A GRID SPREADSHEET TO COME UP WITH A PATTERN FOR THE HOLES.   (I CAN EMAIL THE SPREADSHEET IF YOU LIKE)

I SELECTED A THIN SHEET OF FIBER BOARD…ATTACHED A COPY OF THE PATTERN AND USED A CENTER PUNCH TO MARK THE HOLES TO BE DRILLED.   9/64 DRILL BIT IS PERFECT.

THE PATTERN WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE A PELLET PAD AS LARGE AS THE PATTERN, OR USE A SMALLER PORTION TO FIT YOUR NEEDS.

ALLOW  AT LEAST A 1 INCH BORDER WHICH WILL HELP YOU IN HANDLING WHILE YOU CUT THE FOAM.

ONCE THE HOLES FROM THE PAPER PATTERN ARE MARKED WITH THE CENTER PUNCH ONTO THE FIBER BOARD, POSITION FIBERBOARD TO ALLOW DRILL BIT TO MAKE A CLEAN HOLE IN EACH CENTER MARK, AND YOU NOW HAVE A PERMANENT JIG FOR FUTURE USE.

DRILL ATTACHMENT HOLES IN JIG ABOUT 1 INCH OUT FROM THE CENTER OF EACH SIDE OF PATTERN(SEE PIC… 1 ¼  DRYWALL SCREWS ARE GREAT)

LAY JIG DOWN ON BLANK FOAM. JOIN THE JIG AND FOAM WITH SCREWS,  AND ATTACH JIG, AND FOAM TO A LARGER PIECE OF PLYWOOD FOR STABILITY. AND SLOWLY DRILL THE HOLES THRU THE JIG INTO THE FOAM TILL YOU HIT THE BACKBOARD.

I USED A GRINDER TO ROUND THE EDGES(WILL BE BETTER NEXT TIME..GO SLOW)
ADHEASIVE BACKED VELCROW STRIPS WORK GREAT FOR ATTACHMENT.
PLACE TO EDGE FOR BEST RESULTS.       WHADAYA THINK?......BOB

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Good idea and nice job. 
                                      Mike

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Wow! Great idea! Gonna make one right now.