$60 Cornhole Boards

I built a set of cornhole boards, for my sister's family, out of an old pool table we picked at a old lady's house in the middle Florida.  The table was so badly beat up the only parts that were still usable were the slate, the rails and the bottom hardwood supports.  So I reclaimed the support wood and made my Sister and Brother-in-Law a nice set of antiqued corn hole boards.

Since then my wife has been wanting our own set so we can take them out when we have company over.  So I threw together another set in about 10 hours (see below).  Since, our boards came out so nice I thought I would build another and make a Instructable on how to do it.

I hope you like this instructable and feel free to give me some feedback.

Step 1 Materials:

Lumber:
(2) 1/2" 2'x4' pre-cut boards
(4) 1"x4"x8' pine boards

Hardware:
(1 box)  1-5/8 drywall screws
(4) 3/8" rounded head bolts
(8) 3/8" washers
(8) 3/8" Hex nuts

Tools:
Tape measure
Pencil
Miter Saw
Saber Saw
Drill (w/bits)

Comments

[DIYandSIMPLIFY.Blogspot]

it's def. called cornhole from cincinnati to south carolina. i'm surprised by all teh attention the name is getting. anyways - I went to sportslogos.net, but how did you print the logos at 22"?

Great job, by the way.

[chwbcc]

I used PhotoShop to enlarge them and save them as a PDF the changed the settings on my printer settings to print them on multiple sheets of paper.

I know that not everyone has access to PS, but I think it can be done by opening it up in any photo viewer and scaling it up from there.

The image will be pixelate but that doesn't matter because you are going to cut it out anyway and then you can smooth out the lines.

Try http://pixlr.com if you don't have any other way to enlarge the image. I don't know if there is a way to covert the pixels to inches but there are plenty of websites that can do the coversion of pixels per-inch to help you out.

I am working on an instructable to explain this process too.

[DIYandSIMPLIFY.Blogspot]

I appreciate the response. I tried a few different methods ( I use GIMP instead of photoshop. it's freeware that is basically photoshop....but free), and found one a lot easier. If you have windows, you can open the image in Paint (yeah...i have honestly never used paint once. since like 4th grade.) Anyhow, you can open your image, then go:

PRINT ----> PAGE SETUP ----> in the bottom right you'll see FIT TO SIZE.

Then just type in 2X2 or 3X3, etc. It will print on that many pieces of paper. Really easy. REALLY fast.

[lukev2]

go saints!!!!!

[justin.jackson]

cornhole? seriously? someone should come up with a better name than that.....

[chwbcc]

I know, I don't name them, I just build them...

But as an adult it's a lot more fun to say, 'You wanna play Cornhole?" Then "Wanna play bean bag toss?"

Thanks for the comment. :P

[LtFransky]

Greatest Instructable Title Ever!!

[chwbcc]

:P

[Schooniedude]

How did you paint that? It looks great.

[chwbcc]

Thanks,

The stripes are just taped off before I started staing the boards.(the base coat is colored staining not paint) Then I taped off more stripes and painted them.

Next I went to a site called Sportslogos.net they have almost every professional sport logo you can think of.

I save the logo I wanted and printed it off at 22" wide, so it would fit on the board which is 22" wide.

Next trim out the logo and tape it to the board.

Now trace all the edges using a matte knife.

This will transfer a nice scored line to the board. Remove the stencil and paint between the lines.

Don't worry about cutting it out perfectly, you can always fix the lines when you start painting.

[maxhirez]

Well, that explains the Eagles but not the Nawleans part! Of course, I live in Iowa-you'd think if any place was going to fill the bags with corn it would be us!

[chwbcc]

Unfortunately I live in a Divided House... It's sad I know... My wife is a Saints fan. But tt's ok she feeds me Gumbo and Crawfish so I let it slide. :p

[maxhirez]

That's some nice looking finish on those! I have to be honest, I didn't know what I was going to see when I saw the phrase "Cornhole Boards." We called this game "Beanbag Toss" when I was growing up.

[chwbcc]

Me too! I'm from PA and we used to play bean bag toss as kids all the time.

But when I went to college, here in Florida, they started calling it Cornhole because the bags are filled with corn. (not beans). Silly Florida Country Folk! :lol

Thanks for taking the time to comment,

Jerry