Baseball pitching mound diy

It's a curse being an engineer. Your logical side won't let you buy anything that you can make (ask my wife about our home-made refrigerator). Its especially difficult not to start drawing up blueprints when you can make the item for less than the cost of shipping. That turned out to be the case when I priced portable pitching mounds. Starting at $500 (with the good ones nearly double that), the shipping was $125. That's more than the price I built one for. If you're building it for indoor…

We have two boys (7 and 11) and from the beginning of April until the end of July it's baseball 24-7 at our house. By the end of the season the lawn is bare where the kids have setup their make shift pitching mound. I decided to remedy that by building a wooden mound instead. I wanted to build something large enough that the kids could grow into it, but still portable enough to move it now and then. I also wanted to be able to use it inside during the winter in the basement. Here's what I…

Do you know how vital a pitching mound is for baseball or softball pitching practice? The issue is that obtaining access to a permanent pitching mound is

Portable Pitchers Mound D-I-Y Projects

DIY Pitching Machine: ***NOTE: I get occasional requests for detailed measurements. All the information you need is in the Sketchup file on this page. Look for the link to "Pitcher 2016-04-13.skp". You will need the freeware Sketchup program, and once you open it, you ca…

DIY Pitching Mound: My son has outgrown his pitching mound so I decided to build another one. He's just starting his Freshman year so I know he will still be growing and we will get at least another 4 years out of this one. The mound has to be sturdy and weatherproof. …