Do-it Yourself Guide to a Homemade T-ball Stand for Under $10
Michael and I did this this afternoon. We actually made this all out of 1 PVC pipe, 3 T connectors and 4 endcaps. We spend $8.75 on this, but we got the heavy duty 1 inch piping for potable water (I wanted good scrap around.) It would have been around $5 for the cheaper version, but when in doubt, over engineer.
Here is the "Lego" guide parts list.
6 - 9 inch lengths of PVC pipe
4 - pipe caps
3 - T fittings
1 - 20-ish inch length of PVC pipe (depending on your kid - 20 inches worked for Isaac' height too)
1 - closed pipe insulator (not the kind you have to seal by removing the sticky tape)
Connect 3 - 9 inch pieces of pipe into 2 of the tee connectors.
Connect the perpendicular part of the T into opposing ends of the third T connector and the 20 inch piece into the other part of the T connector.
This is a great chance to get tiny hands to help assemble it.
Put the 4 caps onto the 4 remaining open ends of the 9 inch pipes. (Isaac got ahold of the other two while I was turning the camera on.)
This is the product when all of the PVC parts are connected.
Take the pipe insulation and put it on the pipe cutting it at an appropriate height. I suggest leaving enough pipe insulation on there to be able to move it up and down with the height kid at bat. The PVC pipe actually ends around the bottom of Michael's hand there. The rest is just the insulation which is rigid enough to hold up the ball. It is also is a little better to hit with the bat than the PVC pipe (which is probably stronger than the big red bat.)
Play Ball!
Michael and I did this this afternoon. We actually made this all out of 1 PVC pipe, 3 T connectors and 4 endcaps. We spend $8.75 on this, but we got the heavy duty 1 inch piping for potable water (I wanted good scrap around.) It would have been around $5 for the cheaper version, but when in doubt, over engineer.
Here is the "Lego" guide parts list.
6 - 9 inch lengths of PVC pipe
4 - pipe caps
3 - T fittings
1 - 20-ish inch length of PVC pipe (depending on your kid - 20 inches worked for Isaac' height too)
1 - closed pipe insulator (not the kind you have to seal by removing the sticky tape)
Connect 3 - 9 inch pieces of pipe into 2 of the tee connectors.
Connect the perpendicular part of the T into opposing ends of the third T connector and the 20 inch piece into the other part of the T connector.
This is a great chance to get tiny hands to help assemble it.
Put the 4 caps onto the 4 remaining open ends of the 9 inch pipes. (Isaac got ahold of the other two while I was turning the camera on.)
This is the product when all of the PVC parts are connected.
Take the pipe insulation and put it on the pipe cutting it at an appropriate height. I suggest leaving enough pipe insulation on there to be able to move it up and down with the height kid at bat. The PVC pipe actually ends around the bottom of Michael's hand there. The rest is just the insulation which is rigid enough to hold up the ball. It is also is a little better to hit with the bat than the PVC pipe (which is probably stronger than the big red bat.)
Play Ball!
posted by The Pagets in Florida at 3:41 PM
2 Comments:
I love your posts on ingenuity. At the cannery this weekend I shared your couch trick with the people who cant find space in their massive houses for their food storage. My problem is most of my workarounds are just plain ugly.
Target also has one for less then 10 (or they did). Except your post wouldn't have been nearly as fun.
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