How do I fix this dimple?

[mousegunner]

My son in law managed to shoot my target stand , how can I fix it at home? I knew a welder that would have fixed it but he moved out of town.

I was thinking of a c-clamp and squeezing it but it won't fit.

Anyhoo my SIL bought me a steel target spinner so I'm not upset at him.

 

[riflewoman]

Do you have a large propane torch? If so hear it up to near cherry red and use a pry bar to move the metal back. Won’t be easy and the frame will need paint, but that’s how it’s done.

 

[Fullbore308]

like my Father in Law told me once, price of education and the diploma to prove it.

 

[ckaberna]

JB weld? Just cosmetic?

 

[mousegunner]

Do you have a large propane torch? If so hear it up to near cherry red and use a pry bar to move the metal back. Won’t be easy and the frame will need paint, but that’s how it’s done.

Thanks I had thought of heating it up. It's not unusable as is, if I flip it on its side the wood goes into the other slot for the lower cross brace (which I don't use).

 

[mousegunner]

JB weld? Just cosmetic?

Furring strip doesn't seat all the way down.

 

[mikecockcroft]

Angle grinder with cut off blade. Cut that section out. You can use it then find a neighbor with a welder and a piece of scrap

 

[Peterson1]

Furring strip doesn't seat all the way down.

Cut part of the Furring strip off below the damaged target stand????

 

[ckaberna]

Furring strip doesn't seat all the way down.

I’m guessing what “riflewoman” said is about the only fix

OR, make sil buy you a new one!! lol

 

[Gappmast]

like my Father in Law told me once, price of education and the diploma to prove it.

He was right an education cost money

 

[Bc'z]

Take it by a local body shop and talk with thier frame tech.

If you want to try a torch and prybar as riflewoman suggests, work the outer edges of dent 1st, working your way to the center.

 

[Nick Caprinolo]

Google welders in your area. To do the job properly, that needs to be cut out and a new piece of steel welded in. the easiest thing to do is simply buy a new one. they can't be that expensive. Or simply cut it out. It will still hold the wood upright.

 

[Minshooter]

Do you have an Vocational Schools nearby?
At the Vo Tec school in my area, the welding classes are often looking for small projects.
This one would be about as basic as it gets.
(Maybe don't call them a VoTec; they want to be called "Technical Colleges" now).

 

[hpshooter]

Drill a 1/2" hole in the back wall of the tube directly in line with the high spot of the dimple. Heat dimple cherry red, use flat nose punch through previously drilled hole. and 3 lb. hammer to flaten dimple while front side of tube is supported on a solid surface. Could be worked cold but may take more time and a bigger hammer. Let SIL do the repair so he will be motivated to shoot better.

 

[mousegunner]

He was right an education cost money

My degree cost me 4 years in the Corps under the old GI Bill. I was getting money for 4 dependents and had no school debt when I graduated. How did school get so expensive? Oops hijacked my own thread.

 

[ckaberna]

My degree cost me 4 years in the Corps under the old GI Bill. I was getting money for 4 dependents and had no school debt when I graduated. How did school get so expensive? Oops hijacked my own thread.

Oh, here we go... grab the popcorn

 

[mousegunner]

OR, make sil buy you a new one!! lol

He bought me this so we're good.

 

[mousegunner]

Oh, here we go... grab the popcorn

If you insist, Bud Light and some popcorn, where was I.....ah yes full time or 3/4, 50 hour work schedule, little sleep during summer semesters, 3 younguns, walking to university over 10 miles uphill both ways...man this beer is going down smooth.

 

[ronsatspokane]

Tell the son-in-law, you break it you fix it.

 

[whatsupdoc]

LOL, no home propane torch will heat that up cherry red.
I would weld a threaded rod right into the hole then make a small bridge with a hole to the ends
and use heat and a nut to pull it out then cut the rod off.

Take it to a welding shop.