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[redblood]

Shooting house windows. Plexigkass, lexan, amazon or lowes? Need to get enough for a shooting house

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

Lexan or glass.

 

[double browtine]

I've been thinking about this very issue.
You can rip some 2x2's with a groove about a 1/2" deep and wide enough for your plexiglass for the bottom piece and 3/4" deep on the top. This allows you to build a frame and the deeper groove allows you to install and remove the plexiglass if you need to replace it or clean it. You stick it in the top groove first and then when it drops into the lower groove it stays in place.
Or just buy the hinge window the size of your choice.
https://www.deerviewwindows.com/products/
I think I'm going with the deer view

 

[muddyboots]

My father in law orders the deerview. No idea on price but extremely easy, convenient, and work great.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

We used the the 4x8' plexiglass from Home Depot. Cut with circular saw and put on hinges. Works great. They come in smaller sizes

 

[backyardtndeer]

I used plexiglass from Lowe's when I built ours about 20 years ago. Use 2x6s layed flat for the shelves at the windows and cut groves in them so the plexiglass could slide. Worked great.

 

[Hduke86]

Lexan is great, cut with a high number blade tooth and take a COLD bottle of water and poke a hole in the cap. Squirt the water on where you're cutting to keep it from melting and sticking. The "melted" stuff just pops right off

 

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[square]

Built from 3/16 plexiglass

 

[square]

3/32

 

[tellico4x4]

Replaced plexiglass with Lexan in 28 shooting houses a few years ago. Expensive but no more scratches to look through

 

[UTGrad]

Academy Sports in Cookeville has been selling box blind windows.

 

[redblood]

Thanks for the info. At least i know where to start now

 

[Rabbitkil]

find someone scrapping a camper and snag some of the sliding windows

 

[7mmWSM]

Lexan is easy to cut and drill without breaking. You can even put it in a brake and bend it without it breaking. I even break it to use as window visors.

 

[Huntaholic]

I built one once with windows from a mobile home. Single frame, aluminum, a mounting bracket all the way around to put screws in, perfect! Unfortunately, I built it in a tree and the next year tree died and 2 years later it all fell. LOL

 

[Patrick H]

Academy. Seems to be good quality. Made in China.

 

[Hduke86]

Piano hinges are great if you don't plan to put the Lexan/plexiglass in a frame

 

[megalomaniac]

We used the the 4x8' plexiglass from Home Depot. Cut with circular saw and put on hinges. Works great. They come in smaller sizes

I do the same, but use a jigsaw to cut. Have to really clamp it down tight to a couple 2x4's to prevent any vibration and cracking the plexiglass. How does the circular saw work? I might try that instead of the jigsaw. Use regular wood blade, or do you use a special blade?

 

[Bucket]

Piano hinges are great if you don't plan to put the Lexan/plexiglass in a frame

That's what I do. Piano hinge and garage weatherstripping from Lowe's makes a pretty tight window. I put cheap cabinet door hardware/magnets on them to raise and hold them up. I get leftover Lexan scraps from work.

 

[Hduke86]

That's what I do. Piano hinge and garage weatherstripping from Lowe's makes a pretty tight window. I put cheap cabinet door hardware/magnets on them to raise and hold them up. I get leftover Lexan scraps from work.

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Exactly how I did mine

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I do the same, but use a jigsaw to cut. Have to really clamp it down tight to a couple 2x4's to prevent any vibration and cracking the plexiglass. How does the circular saw work? I might try that instead of the jigsaw. Use regular wood blade, or do you use a special blade?

I am fairly certain it was a wood blade. And if I remember correctly, we reversed the blade. And your right - clamping and taping helped

 

[kentuckylakebuck1]

orion shooting house windows

 

[Hduke86]

I do the same, but use a jigsaw to cut. Have to really clamp it down tight to a couple 2x4's to prevent any vibration and cracking the plexiglass. How does the circular saw work? I might try that instead of the jigsaw. Use regular wood blade, or do you use a special blade?

I always use a STRAIGHT tooth blade in the 90-120 tooth range. You can get them cheap on amazon and they do great. They cut it easily and with a straight tooth blade. You don't get the "hopping" of the Lexan as much.

 

[megalomaniac]

I always use a STRAIGHT tooth blade in the 90-120 tooth range. You can get them cheap on amazon and they do great. They cut it easily and with a straight tooth blade. You don't get the "hopping" of the Lexan as much.

Straight tooth blade on circular saw or jigsaw?

 

[Bucket]

Straight tooth blade on circular saw or jigsaw?

90-120 teeth would be a circular saw.

 

[Hduke86]

Straight tooth blade on circular saw or jigsaw?

Circular saw