For those that like a plink at home

[mikec4]

The written instruction leaflet comes with a no obligation quote to modify your house to incorporate a 10m range.

[I. J.]

Steves description of his inventions has put more people to sleep than Horlicks!

[mrfixit]

Obviously not posting at 3am
plus not my invention just a cheap way for us.

[I. J.]

'Cheap' !!! I like the sound of that. And no strings attached.

I stayed up most of last night trying to remember if I had amnesia or insomnia.

[SandyB]

Now that on a 100m range / shooting session would be ideal

[RobinC]

To put some degree of seriousnes into what looks like a great home built changer, on the video it looks quite good and I presume glitch free?
The average built one is around the £250 mark including backstop, we have several different makes and found that the more complex and electronic laden they are the more tempermental and problematic they are. This is simple and looks ideal for basic club use and you have a nice little earner here, no excuse for clubs to not have them.
Good luck
Robin

[mrfixit]

Hi Robin up to now glitch free and it has been used by me and my 10 year old daughter has given it a good testing
This is the second of this type I've built the first having a pcb and speed controller,but I felt this was not needed and to reduce the price did away with it.Ive built 3 now for fellow club members so they can give them a trial also.
I have not the time nor inclination to make any money out of these,hence why I posted the components list for other members.
Ps my target changer using the printer is still my favourite.

[RobinC]

Well done, most impressive.
Good shooting

[I. J.]

Credit were credits due (and I wouldn't normally give MrFixit credit. )

This is an excellent idea and one that should be taken up with clubs who havent got this equipment.
When Rivi started with a 10m pistol range we used to use modified car electric window winders and all five used to run at different speeds. It was a race to get your card to the firing point first.
This system is cheap, the parts easily accessible and for a club a good safety feature as no one is crossing the firing line to change cards.

ATB
Ian

[mikec4]

Credit were credits due (and I wouldn't normally give MrFixit credit. )

This is an excellent idea and one that should be taken up with clubs who havent got this equipment.
When Rivi started with a 10m pistol range we used to use modified car electric window winders and all five used to run at different speeds. It was a race to get your card to the firing point first.
This system is cheap, the parts easily accessible and for a club a good safety feature as no one is crossing the firing line to change cards.

ATB
Ian

+ 1

Mike

[mrfixit]

Credit were credits due (and I wouldn't normally give MrFixit credit. )

This is an excellent idea and one that should be taken up with clubs who havent got this equipment.
When Rivi started with a 10m pistol range we used to use modified car electric window winders and all five used to run at different speeds. It was a race to get your card to the firing point first.
This system is cheap, the parts easily accessible and for a club a good safety feature as no one is crossing the firing line to change cards.

ATB
Ian

Ok own up,who's hacked his account

[mikec4]

Ok own up,who's hacked his account

Yep - it's totally out of character; or else he's angling for you to build and install one for him

[scubapics]

Have you ever tried to get a patent?

Indeed! The solicitor costs are phenomenal and the bouncing too and from the patent examiner can go on forever with associated costs. Then, if it is granted, someone could raise objections and you go round the loop again which can take years and all the time you are paying renewal costs, examiner's fees, solicitor's fees and if worse come to worse court fees.

On top of that, the patent is only of use in the country you have filed.

Patents have to be worded very well to give good cover of the invention / method otherwise someone can take your idea, change it slightly and claim a new invention leaving you high and dry.

Patents can be contested or rejected by the examiner if the idea or something vaguely similar is already in the public domain. Just a sketch or a white paper or anything that can be proven to be available prior to the application date. There does not need to be a patent or patent application already in place for your invention or method to be deemed already invented.

Also, once your patent is published, the whole world can replicate what you have done and if you haven't filed a patent in those countries then you lose out there too!

Oh, and you can't use a patent to stop someone copying your idea and flogging it even in the country that you have filed the patent. You are obliged to allow them to do so under license. You will make some cash this way though.

Here is a quote from Lord Esher in Ungar v Sugg (1892) 9 RPC 113, 117 that "a man had better have his patent infringed, or have anything happen to him in this world, short of losing all his family by influenza, than have a dispute about a patent". This is still very pertinent.

So, if you think you have an invention and want to patent it, you better be damn sure it's going to make a lot of money or you will be broke before the patent gets granted.

[I. J.]

Ok own up,who's hacked his account

Whats up Window Licker Wilson? [Is that better?]

Yep - it's totally out of character; or else he's angling for you to build and install one for him

Not while I have legs. I need all the exercise I can get. My only form of exercise is pushing my luck and jumping to conclusions.

[Sargeant York]

Have you ever tried to get a patent?

Know what you mean!

Similar target changers already exist and their design is "common knowledge" therefore no Patent