The Cornhole game.
Also known as the bean bag toss is a lawn game where you throw bean bags
at a hole.
Sounds like fun.
Lets build one.
The top of the board is going to be a piece of quarter inch ply. I've already
let the kids have their fun
by letting them paint the top whatever color they wanted. Yeah, they choose white.
I don't know.
Now if you would like some extended bonus footage in the making of this project build
head to my second channel Simply
Easy Homesteading for a look see. I'll have a link at the end of this video or you can
simply check the description.
I'll have one their as well.
After settin up the shop I'll measure and mark for the frame pieces of the cornhole board.
I need two longer pieces and two shorter cross pieces. For a list of materials and cuts,
head off to my website.
Simply easy diy dot com. Check the description. I'll have all the links plus some cool little
known facts about the game of
cornholing. Cornholing, I'm not sure that's even a word.
Any whose it. Check the description.
I'll make sure both these cross pieces are the same size.
Predrilling holes when working at the ends of boards is always a good thing.
Just use one of the shorter cross pieces to mark a line.
Now that that's done I'll lay out my frame pieces.
three inch screws at each of the four corners.
That quarter inch piece of ply can sit right on top. Flush with the sides.
Wow. I really need to trim my rosemary bushes don't I. Hmmm.
Ok, that is the main box construction. Time for the legs. First, I'm going to cut a 19
degree angle on one end of the legs.
Everyone remembers what I taught you about cutting angles into boards right? No matter.
You can click right there in the corner of the screen
to go take a look at a simple and easy way to cut a board to length with angled ends.
After I've cut the angle. I'll cut to final length.
Now I'm using pieces of 2x4's for the legs so I'm going to rip off about an inch or so
on the table saw. If you wanna skip this step, simply use 2x3s, and your good to go.
marking for the placement of the legs will be on the website as well. I'll also cover
some of this in the extended bonus footage video
over on simply easy homesteading. Alright so I've got my mark that's where I'll start
and yes my spade bit and I have been
through a lot together. No I will not get rid of it. If you'd like to donate a new one.
After I've gone about a quarter inch or so I'll switch over to a regular drill bit and
finish things off.
That is so the bolt will sit recessed into the side instead of sitting outside the frame.
That is just a minor detail and no it's not necessary.
In fact this whole fold down leg thing isn't even necessary. I'm just doing it to make
storage a little more efficient. However,
You could do fixed leg construction and be just fine. I've marked a line down from the
inside of the frame and line the top of the
legs with that. Clamp them in place to start the corresponding wholes. Then I'll take them
over to the table to finish them off.
Now that all of my wholes are drilled I'll take both legs and attach a cross piece.
Glue and brads.
Once those are attached it's time to mount them to the corn hole board.
The legs are suppose to sit at 109 degrees from the frame of the board. Hence the 19
degrees cut into the bottom of the legs.
So in order to get them to do that I need to add a stop piece. First however, I need
to make sure the legs are sitting at 109 degrees.
So to do that I simply marked the angle onto one of the legs before I attached them to
the corn hole board. Then I lined that
mark up with the bottom of the frame and clamped everything in place. With the legs secured
I can add some glue to my stop piece
and tack in place. Not bad.
One last thing. A corn hole game wouldn't be a corn game without the hole. In case your
wondering their is a specific
position and size for this hole. I'll have all that information and a whole lot more
at simply easy diy dot com.
A little sanding never hurt no one and then,
It's game on.
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