New Home Field
 

Today marked the debut of the new home field for the PAC 10 Clemson Tigers and the LAEFL NY Jets.

Under construction for the last few months as time permitted, today it was finally finished.

Runs on six Radio Shack rotary motors, drawing juice from a 10 amp variable speed power supply. She really runs smooth, boosting the fastest figures from end to end in seconds and giving mad push to the strongest figures in the trenches.

Inspired by the Field of Dreams Monster Board I have made by Bill Porche. Thank you Billy for the advice you have given me and for letting me pick your brain the times we hung out at your shop over the last couple of years.

Cover by Weirdwolf, looks good Lynn, I love it, thanks!

Frame and motors by Shabby

A BIG SHOUT OUT to Rick "Pirate Rick" Garrison too for the building tips and for helping me with the final wiring out of the Pirates Den!

Thank you All Electronics... we needed an ON - ON toggle!!!!!!!

Well done! Really like the worn look of the field cover. ppls$

sweet
 

Wow shabby j that field is sweet. It really does look like it can run very well from the way it is built. Great job,

That looks cool Shabby! Love the look on the wood. The whole thing looks so classic.

Shabby had me working hard on this one to give it that worn look. Here are some of the proofs of the art.

LOOKS SWEET SHAB
 

SHAB,

That's a monster field. It looks sweet !!!!! Are you bringing it to the open run
in october.


thanx
mantaraydre

Absolutely wonderful. Nice custom board.


Benster from north of the border

Nice
 

Good job Shabby! ppls$thmbsp$

Thanks guys!

Yeah, Dre, it will be at Open Run. It is my game day field, made to travel.

Shabby,
the board looks awesome. To make your own board is very special, a true home field advantage. Nice job.
Joe

Accessories?
 

Hey Shabby,

are you going to make sideline trays for this field?

Yes Detroitchild, I gotta have my sideline trays.

I am going to adapt my 308 trays to this field until I can build and stain some new ones to match the frame.

Looks great!
 

six motors?? What size is the board? I made a 24 X 48 sheet metal board and It runs smoother with 1 motor rather than 2. Do you have 2 in each end zone and 2 at mid field? I'd like to have more speed but when I use two motors it gets a little jumpy. Also when I connect both it seems they run at a slower RPM...got any advice for a newbie?mgngcrz

If you are using a rotary motor then you need slightly smaller counterweights to reduce the bouncing.

If your motors arent encased, could you shoot me a pic of one? I am using a RC heli plastic gear that has pre drilled holes around the perimeter with a very small screw (size #2) in one of the holes.

That's the basic gear and counter-weight set up I am using.

Well maybe it's my power supply then. I'm using an adjustable 0-16V model train transformer.

what speed (rpms) are the motors?? we found that the best ones spin at 18000 rpms...anything slower and it gets alittle choppy ( bouncy) and runs slow

Good to know, I"ll check into it. Thanks a bunch

Great lookin board Shabby, thanks for postin

nice Field!!thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$ ppls$ ppls$ ppls$ ppls$