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So I've never been much of a darts player, but they are fun to throw around every now and then. Well, today I found an old dartboard for sale and couldn't pass it up.....
The lights work, but the rest of the electronics (monitor, etc) don't, so it's currently non-functional as far as keeping score. I'm not sure which route to take going forward. I can see about having it repaired, although I don't have a clue if that's even possible for a reasonable price. I can try dicking around with it and attempt to fix it myself, which is probably unrealistic considering I don't know the first thing about it. I can just use it how it is and keep track of points the old fashioned way, which is perfectly acceptable. Or I can remove the electronic dart board and replace it with a bristle board.
I'm leaning towards the latter, because I've always preferred steel tip darts on a bristle "self-healing" board over soft tip darts on a plastic board with molded holes. Bounce outs are just way too common with plastic, although that could be due to using cheap darts or could be due to my lack of skill. Probably a combination of both.
I used to have a bristle board, and I had made a custom surround out of foamboard (with OSB as a backer) which was incredibly easy.....
I'm sure I could find a pre-made backer similar to that, maybe covered in felt which would look a lot nicer than what I had made. But I'll probably just get some soft tip darts and try it out before I make up my mind.
Any thoughts?
The lights work, but the rest of the electronics (monitor, etc) don't, so it's currently non-functional as far as keeping score. I'm not sure which route to take going forward. I can see about having it repaired, although I don't have a clue if that's even possible for a reasonable price. I can try dicking around with it and attempt to fix it myself, which is probably unrealistic considering I don't know the first thing about it. I can just use it how it is and keep track of points the old fashioned way, which is perfectly acceptable. Or I can remove the electronic dart board and replace it with a bristle board.
I'm leaning towards the latter, because I've always preferred steel tip darts on a bristle "self-healing" board over soft tip darts on a plastic board with molded holes. Bounce outs are just way too common with plastic, although that could be due to using cheap darts or could be due to my lack of skill. Probably a combination of both.
I used to have a bristle board, and I had made a custom surround out of foamboard (with OSB as a backer) which was incredibly easy.....
I'm sure I could find a pre-made backer similar to that, maybe covered in felt which would look a lot nicer than what I had made. But I'll probably just get some soft tip darts and try it out before I make up my mind.
Any thoughts?
