rjw
Professional
Who among you fellow ball machine owners think that it is a good idea to raise your portable ball machine up, and if so, by how much?
My sp lite ejects the balls from around 10" off the ground. I am thinking of designing a base that would raise this to around 3 feet, so as to kind of replicate where the ball would be coming from, if hit around waist high from a 6 foot opponent (or thereabouts)
I saw another thread, where some were buying a tool cart and simply placing their machine on it, but I want something really light and that can be torn down/assembled in a matter of minutes and fit easily in a car trunk or in my case, my oversized tennis bag.
I have something designed in Solidworks and with wheels, it should weigh maybe 10 or 11 pounds total.
Also, I noticed that on clay, the SP machine's rather smallish rubber feet dug into the clay until the machine was sitting on its base rather than the rubber feet.
It rocked a bit and depth of shots changed as it dug in...not that many probably use a machine on clay, but I guess a 12" x 14" plastic sheet would spread the load and not mess up the court for others, and right at the service area..lol???
Any input/thoughts are appreciated...I start building mine tomorrow...
tia
on aside note, I want mine to also be expandable so as to be able to get it up to service level...but that's down the road
My sp lite ejects the balls from around 10" off the ground. I am thinking of designing a base that would raise this to around 3 feet, so as to kind of replicate where the ball would be coming from, if hit around waist high from a 6 foot opponent (or thereabouts)
I saw another thread, where some were buying a tool cart and simply placing their machine on it, but I want something really light and that can be torn down/assembled in a matter of minutes and fit easily in a car trunk or in my case, my oversized tennis bag.
I have something designed in Solidworks and with wheels, it should weigh maybe 10 or 11 pounds total.
Also, I noticed that on clay, the SP machine's rather smallish rubber feet dug into the clay until the machine was sitting on its base rather than the rubber feet.
It rocked a bit and depth of shots changed as it dug in...not that many probably use a machine on clay, but I guess a 12" x 14" plastic sheet would spread the load and not mess up the court for others, and right at the service area..lol???
Any input/thoughts are appreciated...I start building mine tomorrow...
tia
on aside note, I want mine to also be expandable so as to be able to get it up to service level...but that's down the road