{"id":2781,"date":"2021-03-01T23:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T23:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenlionwoodworks.com\/blog\/?p=2781"},"modified":"2021-05-31T02:04:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T02:04:31","slug":"cornhole-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlionwoodworks.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/cornhole-boards\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornhole Boards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A friend of mine was talking about how he felt bad always borrowing his neighbor’s cornhole boards every time he hosted an outdoor event. I don’t recall if he asked me to make a set for him or if I offered, but either way, I ended up making a set of cornhole boards. I’d never made any before, but it seemed pretty straightforward. My biggest issue was deciding what sort of design to put on the face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After doing some research on official sizes and measurements, I opted for some inexpensive half-inch plywood from Home Depot. Using a circle-cutting jig for my router, I cut a six-inch hole in each board at the appropriate (official) location. I routed a roundover all around the edges of the circle and the perimeter of each board. I had to fill some of the voids in the plywood with Dap Plastic Wood. Did I mention inexpensive plywood? Perhaps “cheap” would a better term adjective… but I managed to get the edges all smoothed out and it ended up just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I built the underlying frame out of pine 1×3 boards using pocket screws and glue, making sure everything was square. To attach the top, I used glued and clamped it onto the frame. I then cut a lot of 90-degree corner blocks and glued those into place as well, just for some extra support… so I could be sure it could take a beating. The legs were created with pine 2×2 boards and a 1×3 stretcher. Those pieces were simply glued together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n