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Hanging the darts: This is how you mount the board exactly and safely
Darts is booming. But before the first arrow flies to the home board, the dart pane should be hung safely and in accordance with the rules. How to do this reveals star.
A few years ago, Darts was cried out as a dusty and stinking pub sport in Germany. The motto: With beer and the buddies in the smoky pub around the corner, throw a few arrows on a slice to pass boredom. In the best case, a hobby that spilled out of the pubs on the island to Germany. In the meantime, a real cult around the darts has developed. The arrows fly not only in hundreds, especially tailored to darts, but above all at home. In the hobby cellar, in the attic or in the living room, the coveted triple-20 field is targeted or just gambled alone or with friends for fun.
And best of all: if you want to get started yourself, you don’t need more than a dart pane, a set arrows, a measuring tape and some manual skill. In this article, you will find out how to hang up a dart pane, what to consider and how to protect the wall from barely avoidable strokes of Steel-Darts.
Hang down the darts: questions and answers
- To what extent does the dart panel have to hang?
- How do you securely attach the darts to the wall?
- How do I protect the wall behind the dart pane?
- What role does the Bully Eye play on the dart panel?
- How much space do you need on the right and left of the dart board?
To what extent does the dart panel have to hang?
At what height a must be assembled in the official darts rules. For playing with so -called Steel darts, there should be exactly 1.73 meters between the center of the pane and the floor. With the somewhat rarer soft or e-darts variant, the darts hangs one centimeter lower, at a height of 1.72 meters. The famous Bulls Eye marks the relevant center of the disc, the diameter of which is exactly 12.7 millimeters. A Or a so -called Measuring made it easier.
How do you attach a dart pane correctly?
As a rule, the small tools that facilitate the hanging of the dart board are included in the scope of delivery of the disc. Otherwise the so -called board brackets or Available separately. These brackets are coordinated in such a way that the Bulls Eye of the disc in the end hangs exactly at the marked height on the wall. And so they proceed:
- Set the measuring tape to a length of 1.73 meters and mark the point on the wall with a thin pencil.
- Hold the dartboard holder at the appropriate place and also mark the drill holes with a pencil.
- Drill the holes and screw the part on the wall into which the dart pane is attached.
- Place your darts with the back on the bottom.
- Now screw the round plastic disc onto the Bulls Eye (usually the middle of the pane is also marked on the back).
- Turn the pane over and hang it carefully into the recording on the wall
- Align the darts so that the segment with the 20 o’clock is at 8 p.m.
A notice: According to the official rules, the left and right of the dart panel should remain about 1.20 meters freedom. Since this is not always possible, make sure that the board hangs at a distance of 50 centimeters of furniture or room corners. This makes playing noticeably easier.
Some darts or the accessories sets are also partially adjustable spacers, with which the dart pane hangs even more stable and safer on the wall and that prevent the board from wiggling every time and rattling on the wall when a arrow hits. Spacers are particularly useful if the wall is not quite flat.
Electronic dart panels are usually also included in a assembly set. In this case, draw the boreholes with a template (should be included in the scope of delivery) and hang the board on the corresponding screws later. Make sure that the disc hangs straight. If in doubt, a water scale helps with fine adjustment.
You can find out which electronic darts and what the individual models differentiates in detail from each other in .
Hanging the darts: important tip for beginners
Whether in the hobby cellar or the living room – the darts have no place in the wall. This makes ugly holes that are difficult to kitten. Because the arrows quickly land next to the board and get stuck in the wall, especially the first throwing attempts, beginners should have the wall with a so -called protect. These are rings filled with a kind of foam, usually about 20 centimeters wide, which prevent stray darts from landing in the wall. They are available in different colors and designs.
Before the first arrows fly towards the board, the measuring tape has to go again. Because from one meter it is no art to hit the disc. According to the rules, the drop line, also called Oche, is exactly 2.37 meters from the darts. The wall is not decisive for this, but the front of the board. So first check how thick the dart panel is. Then measure the 2.37 meters from the wall and add the thickness of the board. The drop line is marked pragmatically with a plastic adhesive tape.
If you have a lot of space and don’t want to damage the laminate or parquet, you can also use one ponder. Here you save yourself measuring, because the mats are usually precisely measured or marked in the corresponding places. If you don’t have a place for an darts carpet, you can also project the drop in the throwing line onto the floor by laser. The laser oche is attached to the wall and marks the set distance. Here is that available.
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