Slingshot Catch Box and Slingshot Ammo Sorter - DIY

3 years ago
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OVERVIEW
Made the catch box and ammo sorter using some 2x4s, dog ear pine fence pieces, 1/4 MDF board, 3/4" PVC pipe and some 1/2 EMT conduit pipe that I had laying around.

REASON
I shot different slingshots with different band and pouch setups which don't lend them to all to shooting the three most common types of sling shot ammo I shot (1/2", 3/8" and 1/4"). I used to go around and pick them up with a heavy duty magnet from Harbor Freight (in the back ground you can see a large piece of canvas, that was my previous back stop and then I had a 4 foot by 4 foot catch tray that the ammo fell into. It caught ammo really well, but it was all mixed together. This caused problems when I was reaching into my ammo containers because I was having to sort them on a one by one basis. I needed something a little more automated.

INSPIRATION
►Catch Box: StanCrafted Video: https://youtu.be/QoY-EtSNJWk​
►Marble Sorter : Pocket83 : https://youtu.be/ya9zTstjOIU​

Both the StanCrafted and Pocket83 workmanship is far superior to the work I've done here.

SPECS
â–º48" tall
â–º14 1/2" deep
â–º20 1/2" wide
â–ºShelf is 12" from the bottom

CUTS
â–ºLegs (four) 48" 2x2's
â–ºSides frame (four) 11 1/2 2x2s (2 for the base and two for the
â–ºBack/Front frame (three) 17 1/2 2x2s (2 for the base and one for the top)
â–ºShelf (two) 11x9 1/4 wafer board
â–ºSides: (two) 32 x 14 1/2 MDF board
â–ºBackstop: (six) 5x20 1/2 pine fence

WHAT I WOULD DO DIFFERENT
-Catch Box
â–ºDepth - I would make it 24 inches deep
â–ºShelf - I would raise the shelf to 18 inches (to allow for a steeper slop for the ammo sorter)
â–ºFloor - I would not use wafer board and instead use MDF

-Ammo Sorter
â–ºRods - Would use 3/8 steel rod
â–ºRods - Use shorter rods with steeper slope
â–ºRods - Run the ammo sorter behind the catch box instead of underneath

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