![]() ![]() For this method, cut your posts to 77.5” in front and 65.5” in back (if you want your stand to be the same height as ours). The other option is to just sit your post on top of the plywood floor. Derek Porter The WallsĪ carriage bolt secures the legs of the stand to floor and wall. This is almost certainly over-built, but if you’re going to be up in the air, overbuilding is the way to do it. We fastened this together with common nails to handle the expansion and contraction our frame will experience while sitting out in the elements, and we capped it with half-inch, pressure-treated plywood that can handle our wet boots. The 60 x 48” box is composed of perimeter 2x4s, bolstered by 2×4 joists placed 16” apart, on-center, spanning the box’s narrower dimension. Because we planned to have our DJ Stand up in the air (and we’re cheap), we went with basic stud lumber. If you’re going to make this a ground blind, you might consider pressure-treated 2x4s, which will better withstand contact with wet ground. In fact, it’s exactly like a residential subfloor. It’s the structural core of the entire project, so we built it like we were building a house. If the DJ booth were an animal, the floor would be its spine. Ours is clad in black corrugated plastic, to retain heat and mask noise, but if you live in a warmer, drier climate, you might choose camo netting or canvas. Our version is for two people, but you could halve the horizontal measurements and make it a single. (We’re neighbors.) But you could easily build it to sit on the ground. Our DJ Stand sits 7 feet off the dirt, to give us a chance at spotting the deer hiding in the tall grasses in the wetlands that snake through our properties. The other key aspect of our build is that it’s totally customizable. How much more badass are you looking for? This thing looks like it was born of the 2001 monolith and fits two big, heavily armed dudes. Our stand makes long sits a lot more bearable. ![]() In our region, pre-dawn hunts are usually below freezing and sometimes below zero. Specifically, we designed it to fit in an F-150, because that’s the most common truck in America and we have that whole “common tools” theme going. We designed the DJ Stand to easily fit in the bed of a full-size pickup. Like all hunters, there’s a good chance we’re completely wrong. Like all hunters, we have an idea where our local deer hang out. We used common lumber, though, so if you have some around, it could save you some scratch. Pandemic prices were a killer, but we got close with our build and have a version that comes in under five bills.
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