Would you think you need shooting bench plans to build a shooting bench? My friends and I use to go on a sand pit on the weekends to practice shooting.
We used my bench for years, I didn't mind to.
But one day the old bench just collapsed and we had to consider getting a new one.
So we started shopping around but quickly discovered that they were anything but cheap.
The bad part is there was a friendly competition the following weekend and we really did not want to miss that.
But since we all agreed that buying a new one was more that we want to spend, my friend Bob suddenly had a great idea, which was to build one.
One of my friends is a paramedic, the other is an accountant, Bob works as engineer and I am a carpenter so we figure Bob and I were going to do it during the week.
I had some wood to spare so I did not mind to put that in, and the other guys were going to buy the legs and the necessary hardware.
I went to Bob's house on Monday night, actually it was a bad night to come up with a plan because it was Monday night football, and we tried to draw something.
I went back on Tuesday night and we could not agree on the same idea to build the bench.
On Wednesday night, I was back and after doing multiple drawings, we realised it was eleven o'clock already.
On Thursday, by the way our competition was on Saturday and we still did not have a bench, a light bulb suddenly went on in my head.
I had bought a plan kit on the internet that has plans for anything you can possibly imagine.
So I went to my computer and logged into it, wondering if there was some shooting bench plans and yes, there they were.
I printed them all out and brought them to Bob's place after work.
We found one that we both like and right away we started cutting and putting it together.
The next day we putted the legs and there it was, our bran new bench, ready for the week end.
That was a close call.
I think without the plans we would had gone to a store to buy a new one and spend hundred of dollars.
My other two friends were amazed to see the finished shooting bench and were wondering how we got it done.
We had a pretty good laugh saying that it took us all week working like crazy on it every night to get it done on time.