Hey friends,

I completed my Maz inspired build about a month ago. It’s been insanely fun and addicting. I wanted to share some insight that may help the builds in progress.

I found that the lower bar at the rear side of the enclosure was a risk due to rebounds. I played around with pool noodles and wrapping it in mattress topper foam – Not effective. In addition, I found that both of those solutions constantly led to the impact screen losing tension. The pool noodles would spin around the EMT since the inner diameter is greater than 1”. Since I chose not to grommet the screen to the bar, the spinning would cause screen to lose a bit of tension.

What I have now implemented that works really nicely is the following:

1: Wrap the impact screen around EMT and fasten directly to the EMT with 1” greenhouse tent clips.

2: Fill a 12’ length of narrow canvas sandbag with playground sand. Lay it across the lower front section of the impact screen.

This solved both challenges: The canvas sandbag completely absorbs the shots that get topped.

The screen maintains tension, as the greenhouse clips fit really snug. If any tension adjustments are required, it’s a simple snap off and back on of the greenhouse clips.

Some pictures below.