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Old 02-23-2004 | 03:18 PM
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Chef John
 
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Default RE: anyone use a ground blind?

Thanks for the intrest guys, I had fun creating it for sure and as far as shooting from it I haven't as of yet cut the windows in the completed set-up but prior to sewing the roof on I took it to the Davy Crockett WMA and set it up and sat all day and saw a few deer and a few turkey also and I took it to Alazan Bayou the following week and spotted some hogs and was never noticed I had one panel sewn in upside down and had 2 vertical windows cut in it and after I had tested it in the woods I decided to turn the one panel the right way but the windows were then to close to the ground so I scraped that one panel and made a new one and sewed the roof and last panel back together and their you have it. I am now in the process of cutting the windows in 3 of the side panels and the door is just a long zipper, plastic of course as metal makes to much noise and will rust if it gets wet and I had bought a gallon of tent waterproofing for my old tent and used some on the blind and as a measure of caution I have a piece of thick clear plastic sheeting that I put inside draped under the roof panels and a few inches down 2 sides so it is realatively safe to say it is weather proof.
here are the specifics

cut seven lengths of 3/4" PVC pipe 58 1/4" each these are the top and bottom rails and one is the ridge pipe.......
cut 4 lengths of 3/4"PVC pipe 51 3/4" each these are the corner poles...
cut for pieces of the scrap pipe at 28 5/8"and assemble them by putting a 3/4" Tee between 2 of them and glue them together making them one piece again and they are the last 2 top rails and should measure out to be 58 1/4" just like the others, the hole left in the Tee should face the sky to recieve a 17"length of scrap PVC and hav an 3/4" Elbow glued to one end
and the ridge pipe will connect to each end of these Elbows......
the corners are made from 2 fittings and you will need 8 of each of them I am attaching a picture of them so you know exactly what they look like as one is 3/4" with 1/2 inch male threads and the other is a 3/4"X3/4"X1/2"female threaded

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