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Small, light, ball barrier
I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls
from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery. I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and into the never-never land of the shrubbery. What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt with my hand and remove. It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would be OK. My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner; maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge and glue heavy wire for the stakes. I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic, but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be stiffer. Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard? |
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Square Peg wrote:
I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery. I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and into the never-never land of the shrubbery. What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt with my hand and remove. It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would be OK. My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner; maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge and glue heavy wire for the stakes. I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic, but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be stiffer. Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard? hardware cloth? nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:34:09 -0400, Nate Nagel
wrote: Square Peg wrote: I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery. I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and into the never-never land of the shrubbery. What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt with my hand and remove. It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would be OK. My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner; maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge and glue heavy wire for the stakes. I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic, but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be stiffer. Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard? hardware cloth? I had never heard that term before. I looked for wire mesh in the local Ace Hardware, but didn't find anything that I thought might work. A search on "hardware cloth" turned up all sorts of options. I'll go look at Home Depot and OSH or I can order online. Plastic hardware cloth looks like a good possibility. I can tie it to a few spikes. Thanks |
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:34:09 -0400, Nate Nagel
wrote: Square Peg wrote: I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery. I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and into the never-never land of the shrubbery. What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt with my hand and remove. It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would be OK. My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner; maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge and glue heavy wire for the stakes. I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic, but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be stiffer. Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard? hardware cloth? nate Thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up buying a roll of hardware cloth at OSH. It's 3' x 20' mesh with 1/2" squares. It's painted with a green plastic coating. Works perfectly. I first tried a roll of rain gutter screen, but it was only 5-6" tall and too flimsy. Some balls would bounce over or even under. The hardware cloths has stopped a few "equator shots". ;-) Thanks. |
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Square Peg wrote:
I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery. I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and into the never-never land of the shrubbery. What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt with my hand and remove. It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would be OK. My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner; maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge and glue heavy wire for the stakes. I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic, but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be stiffer. Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard? Look in sporting goods department. Plastic tent stakes and some variety of table-tennis nets spring to mind. If they don't have tent stakes long enough, surveyor equipment store will have longer ones, or you could make from wood. They also make a stiff plastic mesh used for erosion control on construction sites- a full-line concrete products company would likely have that, as well as reusable stakes to go with it. -- aem sends... |
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Square Peg wrote:
I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery. I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and into the never-never land of the shrubbery. What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt with my hand and remove. It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would be OK. My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner; maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge and glue heavy wire for the stakes. I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic, but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be stiffer. Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard? Sporting goods store. Tennis, vollyball, or badmitten net. |
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Square Peg wrote:
I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery. I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and into the never-never land of the shrubbery. What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt with my hand and remove. It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would be OK. My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner; maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge and glue heavy wire for the stakes. I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic, but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be stiffer. Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard? The netting used as a deer barrier would probably work. Stuff is 8 ft high so maybe you could drape top over shrubs and peg bottom down. |
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Plastic lanscape edging and stakes.
Or even redwood bender baord and stakes. -Zz |
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On Apr 21, 6:30*pm, Zz Yzx wrote:
Plastic lanscape edging and stakes. Or even redwood bender baord and stakes. -Zz As per ZZ's comment Plastic landscape edging (available from amazon & elsewhere) ~$10 for 20ft roll.... 6" high Nail / staple to edge of a Trex or wood 1x4. Make some 5' sections. cheers Bob |
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:27:51 -0700, Square Peg
wrote: What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt with my hand and remove. 1. Cardboard. 2. Foamboard. 3. Stiff wire fencing (used by gardeners to protect plants). -- Regards, Dan |
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Square Peg wrote: I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery. I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and into the never-never land of the shrubbery. What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt with my hand and remove. It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would be OK. My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner; maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge and glue heavy wire for the stakes. I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic, but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be stiffer. Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard? Well, you could just make the 1 x 6 free standing rather than staking it into the dirt. Lots of different ways to make feet for the boards. |
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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:14:10 -0700, Smitty Two
wrote: In article , Square Peg wrote: I would like to make some type of barrier to keep rolling golf balls from leaving the lawn and entering the shrubbery. I have been practicing short shots in the back yard. If I hit it a bit too long or a bit too flat, it will roll off tyhe edge of the lawn and into the never-never land of the shrubbery. What in have in mind is something light that I can push into the dirt with my hand and remove. It needs to be about 6-8" tall and somewhat rigid. The total length will be about 20', but needn't be one piece -- four 5' sections would be OK. My first thought was for a piece of 1x6 or even something thinner; maybe even strips of 1/4" pegboard. I'd drill holes in the bottom edge and glue heavy wire for the stakes. I stopped by a local hardware store looking for some type of plastic, but didn't see anything. I bought a roll of rain gutter screen and some tent stakes, but the screen is too flimsy. It needs to be stiffer. Does anyone have a better idea than the pegboard? Well, you could just make the 1 x 6 free standing rather than staking it into the dirt. Lots of different ways to make feet for the boards. I actually tried that with a piece of vinyl and a smaller board. They both tipped over when a ball hit them. I thought about getting any old stake and putting one on both sides every few feet. But, now I have a lot of good ideas using screen or fabric which will roll up and be easier to store. |
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