Best Wood for Axe Throwing Targets - End Grain Targets Wood Comparisons 

I second this! I’m super keen to build one of these

Thank you so much for the kind remark!

Glad to hear it! Give a shout if you want to talk about it! axcitement.com

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We have complete build plans we supply to our customers. You really should look at projected targets, as end grain without is not very efficient. If drawing circles on them, you can't really move them around. With projection, if a block gets worn out, or an area of the target, you can rearrange the blocks since they don't have partial circles on them.

@@Axcitement thanks for the reply. I do not have the budget for projected targets right now. Hoping to in the future, I’ll do some more research and see if I can find build plans that don’t require me to spend thousands on equipment first. Thank you again for your help.

Nope.. not stained.. and yes, the amount of jointing, planing, etc the boards need is all based on how good the boards are to start - but you will probably have to put some time into them.... We do.

No, that would defeat the whole purpose if they were glued or screwed. They are assembled with a special frame system we sell so they can be moved, replaced, re-arranged, etc. That's why projection is so important in the system... if you draw circles, you have a set target and blocks get lines on them. That makes moving them around impossible.. it looks like one of those puzzles you had as a kid where you slide the wood tiles around trying to make a picture. Here, we can take a few that are worn or split, remove those, move everything around, add a few new at the top, and re-tighten the system, and the target is good for another 6 weeks or so of throwing.

We have done it multiple ways from 4" to 12". A lot depends on your set up.

It does not matter if you are WATL or not. Watl does not like projected targets (they can't sell their markers and stencils if you project) and we found that it's very hard to draw on end grain, so normally the end grain projected systems are for locations that are more about recreational play, company events, date nights, and not just the tournament crowd.

You can use what you want. In that video it's pressure treated 6x6 from home depot. If you were buying blocks from us today, we would ship poplar / cottonwood, but anything really works as well.

@@AxcitementSoftware my chop saw can just barely make it through 4x4s, 6x6 would be too big unless I had a much bigger saw.

@@davidcduarte Or unless you rotate it and cut several cuts - but yes, we use a larger saw.

That's up to you... I've seen ranges from 4" to 12". If you buy our systems, we'll show you how we build them, but there are many different methods and many different sizes.

Depending on your acceptable downtime you could hold them together under compression rather than glue if you jointed your edges well enough. That was something like a ratchet strap could keep the end-grain block "bundled"?

Not at all! Our system uses special bracketing and you only change out blocks that have a problem. At our locations we end up replacing about 3-5 blocks a month, and you do it on a day you are not even open. We have never had a failure they way you do with conventional boards - so less down time = better experience for the customer and more profits for the facility.

There is no problem using pressure treated indoors. 30 years ago that was not the case as the chemicals they used were toxic, but that ended years ago. So unless you are buying 30 year old pressure treated wood, pressure treated is safe for indoors. They suggest do not use it for cutting boards, and kitchen counters.. but for an axe target... no problem.

@@Axcitement Thanks for clarification. I really appreciate the info.

It costs more to set up, but you save tons in the long run. Instead of changing out a board ever few hours, we change 4-5 blocks every 6-8 weeks.