Homemade Pitching Machines, Is You're Time Worth It?

Unless you are a mechanic and have a junk yard in your back yard, you may want to forgo building your own homemade pitching machine. I have visited many, many websites that have discussed building your own pitching machine and to be quite honest, just go buy a used one.

There are quite a few postings out there of people who have been kind enough to share their knowledge on building a homemade pitching machine, but if you look at the postings closely you will see how much time some people spend trying to find what they need as well as the time spent building it and troubleshooting it. One gentleman online who has been very nice to share all of his information and frustrations has been at it for about 4 months now. How much is your time worth?

I personally make on average about $22 dollars an hour. This poor man has now spent about 100 hours researching parts, finding the best price and has basically cost himself $2200. You can purchase new pitching machines for under $1000, and used pitching machines are even less expensive. Even fast food places pay $10 an hour, so that is still $1000 of your time that could have been spent playing with your kids instead of researching how to make a machine that 4 months later is not finished.