How to Build Corn Hole Boards

Building your own corn hole boards is very simple and will easily pay for itself with hours of fun and laughs. Each of the boards will end up being a box with a slightly sloped top that has a hole in the middle of it. The hole is large enough for a beanbag to fall through because that is the goal of the game. Read on to learn how to build corn hole boards.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Sheet of one half-inch plywood
• Wood putty
• 15 feet of two by two's
• Small box of one and a half-inch decking screws
• Power drill
• Circular saw
• Jig saw
• Power sander
• Tape measure
• Pencil

Cutting the Wood

1. Mark out the following design on a sheet of plywood to determine the cuts you need to make.
2. Draw out two, four feet by two feet rectangles. Then mark off the four angled sides which should be nine inches tall on one end and four inches tall on the other, and four feet long. Lastly draw two more rectangles that are two feet long and one foot wide.
3. Label each of your pieces before cutting by marking them as follows: two foot by four foot sections should be "platform," the angled pieces should be "sides" and the smaller rectangles should be "backs."
4. Cut out all of the pieces of plywood and separate them into each corn hole board. Each one should have a platform, two sides and one back.
5. Make six one and a half feet long pieces and four six-inch pieces of two by two, cut them to length with a circular saw. These will be used as braces when you connect each piece of plywood together.

Assembling the Boards

6. Start with the platform lying down on the ground flat. Stand up one of the angled side pieces so that its four foot side it touching one of the two four foot sides of the platform.
7. Connect the side to the platform by placing one of the longer two by two braces at the boards inside seam and screwing it in from the outside of the side piece. Then stand up the platform and screw into the brace from the outside of the platform. Repeat this to attach the other side.
8. Attach the back to the two foot end of the platform that has the taller part of the sides to it. You should now have a three-sided box underneath the platform.
9. Add stability to the box by flipping it over and attaching a smaller brace on the inside of the joint between the back piece and each side. The back piece should end up with a long brace holding it to the platform as well as a short one attaching it to each angled side.
10. Determine the location for the target hole on the top side of the platform. Do this by measuring down one foot from the end with the back piece on it. Then find the center which is one foot from each side and make a mark at the intersection of those two measurements.
11. Use a compass to draw a six-inch diameter hole from the center point you just measured. Drill a pilot hole in the circle you marked off. Then use your jigsaw to cut out the six-inch hole.
12. Apply wood putty over all the screw holes on the top side of the platform and allow it ample time to dry following the directions on your putty.
13. Sand the top side of the platform to as smooth a finish as possible using a power sander.

Tips & Warnings

• You should be able to get all of the smaller boards for two corn hole boards from one four foot by eight foot sheet of plywood.
• Attach the sides and backs using bolts and wing nuts through the braces instead of screws for easier storage.
• Spray paint your boards to help them last longer, look more professional and be more smooth.
• Be sure to use the two by two braces when attaching boards. If not you will only split the plywood.

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