Drogheda Airsoft

doyler09

i have a drill, i had all sorts of stuff down with me today, not sure when i will be able to get the van again tho, if we organise a day some day soon! we could get a good bit down if there were a few of us????:)

ED E

Might be able to help.

JOHN MC

sorry about that lads i didnt hear the phone.we will have 2 arrange it better 4 the next time

ED E

@John: You need to plan how you want deploy them and f you want to use tme in sets of three making a small outpost or in pairs making l shapes or big long front lines...ect ect ect. and where they are to go.

ED E

We have a space behind some very large trees in our back garden. In there were 2 pallets:D

Tools:
1xpower drill
1xhammer OR 1x Staplegun

Method Place 2 pallets beside each other on a flat surface:

They need to be joined at a strong point or if somebody leans on them they will break:

2 screws in each joint, 3 joints per "unit":


But there are still gaps, one old sheet does the trick, 10 small nails and a hammer for this:




And your done about 10 mins per unit max, 45 units approx. = 450 mins = 7 1/2hrs but thats for one person. 7 people and we'll be done in an hour.

Oh, and heres the test.

Voodoomelon

Nice work! But I hate the idea of crouching behind pallets all day, so it would be great if we could figure out a way of making them two stories high and make some small buildings.
Simply do what you've done there Bullet, except get a 6ft long 2x4" and screw it in the corner of the right angle. Then repeat the right angle ontop of those pallets and screw them to the same 2x4".

Then as the building gets bigger lengthways, simply add a 2x4" every second pallet or so to give it rigidity.

John also has some huge sheets of wood up there, what looks like 8ft x 4ft sheets. Some of those attached to a 2x4" frame would make a huge building with very little effort.

By the way, he has a lot of pallets....

ED E

If he has sheeting then make the "foundations", ie a single tier of pallets and use it to make it head height.

Practically though for them moment you'll have to crouch:p

Boston

Are those pallets not extremely expensive, like 200 euro each? Also a two story building made out of them would be extremely dangerous, especially if their not treated.

ED E

Not if you put support beams in and when they pass their commercial usefullness you can get them for free I think.

Boston

Lethal_Bullet wrote:

Not if you put support beams in and when they pass their commercial usefullness you can get them for free I think.

I'm not to sure what Voodoomelon is suggesting, but its doesn't sound safe at all, 2x4's are not support beams for a flour designed to take a persons weight, but i can't really picture what he's suggesting. The normal procedure with pallets is that once they become damaged they are salvaged to repair other pallets, that seems to be what they are doing next door to hrta. At the same time theres a lot of money in them so someone might be willing to off load old ones for free in order to get them out of the market.
edit
heres a pallet shed, 1 story.

JOHN MC

THE 2x4 IS NOT 2 SUPPORT A FLOOR ITS 2 PUT 2 PALLETS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND BRACE THEM TOGETHER ,I WILL BE DOING THAT TOMORROW SO IF ANY 1 AROUND IS AROUND TO LEND A HAND

Boston

fair enough, no need for the caps.

JOHN MC

I wasnt trying 2 be smart the caps were just on

ED E

Dunno if i can get down tommorow as it relies on dad driving.

Voodoomelon

That's exactly what I meant Boston, I didn't mean to make a 2 story building with seperate floors, i meant just 2 pallet-stories high.
I can't make it tomorrow either, have to go to a funeral.

BTW, that pallet shed is exactly what we need, a few buildings like that would be great.

marco murphy

Well done and good luck.

Voodoomelon

Any updates/pictures for us John?

JOHN MC

i have afew pallets up to hide behind and made 1 big hut out of the sheets of ply, i have pictures but cant get them up on boards.
voodoomelon if your dropin down to the site let me know and ill meet up and get sim tips off you

Voodoomelon

I'll see what the story is.

joesoap1979

lots of fun to be had at drogheda airsoft park

N.O.I.P.

Well if you say so Anthony, I can't say I've played there myself

o1s1n

You do know there's already a Drogheda airsoft thread here?

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055125277

So there's no need for shameless 1 poster plugs!

ED E

Very good, except the gaps, the gaps of death.:eek:

Spitfire666

it was done in a hurry on behalf of the site. pics were requested so thats why it was y a new user because john didnt know how to upload them.
Obviously wasnt aware of the other thread. combine the 2 if possible oisin

o1s1n

Was just having a bit of craic Merged now.

Site looks like it's coming along well anyway. Really looking forward to giving it a go.

Voodoomelon

Nice one, sure does look like it's coming along nicely.
I still long for a large wooden building that can be defended and attacked though.

Nice work.

davvowl

maybe get those thick cardboard sheets that they use in supermarkets to stack water bottles to cover the holes ? i duno if those are easy to get here...
already seen those in use and bullets wont go through - unless you shoot from very, very close.

another good thing to use for obstacles is old doors
maybe if someone knows about an abandonned factory or something, just go there and... loot the doors

odonnell

whens the place looking to be open?

JOHN MC

odonnell wrote:

whens the place looking to be open?

the place is open with ongoing work and the lads from central airsoft portal will be there on saturday

marco murphy

maybe get those thick cardboard sheets that they use in supermarkets to stack water bottles to cover the holes ? i duno if those are easy to get here...

Ask any retailer, easy to g7et