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Post date: Oct 10, 2017 6:50:25 PM
Final summary write-up:
For my project I decided to do a minion themed corn-hole board. I love minions and wanted to incorporate my passion into this class to make me more passionate about completing my project.
I wanted to create something that I could use at home to show off and also tell people a story behind my creation. Although my corn-hole board is in the midst of being painted I still learned a lot
from making it. I initially wanted to create a corn hole board that I could carry around with me and open up like a suit case, with a minion on the front. My idea then shifted to a regular corn-hole board
still minion themed but now camper size and not portable. This project forced me to learn new ideas and skills in the fab lab that I would never imagine I would try. For example I used tools like,
a protractor, wood cutter, the difference between clockwise and counter clockwise, a nail gun, a hand drill, a laser cutter, a wood cutter, the difference between a nail and a nut, different versions of saws that cut wood and many more. This class, and project really made me go outside my comfort zone and explore the tools the fab lab gave me to create something that I was compassionate about. I am proud to say that I can go home with my final project of a corn-hole board that I constructed myself, with a little help from my peers, and teach someone how to make it. At first I thought what a lot of people probably would think when I told them I was making a corn hole board, wow that's easy all you need is wood. However, my original thought and those individuals were wrong. Making a corn-hole board is much more then just cutting wood and gluing it together. There are so many different elements that are needed to learn before even constructing a corn hole board. The biggest challenge of the project was getting myself to be confident enough in using the new machines and objects that the fab lab offered. Although it was my project and I created it myself I did acknowledge other individuals who made corn-hole boards and closely resembled their step by step process. One thing I wish I would have done differently was not spending as much time perfecting the prototype because I believe it set me back a while with time which forced me not to complete my project, but I still learned a lot. Overall I am proud of myself for stepping outside my comfort zone, trying new things, and doing the best that I could to complete my project.
This is one persons idea of cornhole which has inspired me to try and do my cornhole boards this way. The tools this person used are listed below.
For materials/supplies, I used the following:
Tops: ½” birch plywood
Frames & legs: 1”x3” poplar boards
Dowels for legs: oak dowel (what I could find in the diameter/length I was looking for)
Dowels for pins: 3/8 dowel
Hinges: “Separable Hinges” from Rockler (item 33575)
Latches: nickel plated “Oblong Catches” from Rockler (item 26450)
Dark Stain: ½ pint of Minwax red oak
Light Stain: none; the light color is just the natural birch color with the clear finish on top
Finish: 1 Quart of Minwax polycrylic, clear semi-gloss
To build the boards, I bought the ½” plywood in two 24”x48” sheets,
Overall, I had a great time building these. The three hardest parts were:
1) getting the boards the frame size and alignment right so the boards would clam-shell together correctly
2) figuring out the assembly/staining process for the legs since I had to assemble when building the frames
3) getting crisp lines with the stain (that was the most nerve-racking).
I would like to design Minion cornhole. I want to make two wooden fold up corn hole boards that work are easily payable. I will make two identical wooden boards possible in the laser cutter that will have a wooden stand that connects to the back of the board that keeps the board upright. I would like to paint the board white and then find a way either to vinal cut parts of a minion and attach it to the board, paint on minions or incorporate them in some way on the face of the board. I want to make the holes where the minions eyes are. The wholes will be at the top of the board directly in the middle. I would also like to include bean bags to use for the cornhole. There are copious options for me as to how to go about making bean bags but i would like to include some sort of minion within the bean bags. It will be a life size cornhole board. I am very excited to make it!
Today i re drew my measurements out on paper and decided how many planks of wood i would need in order to create my cornhole. I also decided researched different kinds of cornhole boards and decided on the design i want to make. I also started to card board design my cornhole boards. I cut out all the faces of the box and taped the bottom sides of the board together and cut a hole directly in the middle of the front board. I hope to post a picture next ca lass of a finished cardboard piece.
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Today I took a closer look at my inspiration and started my 3d Model. I had to revise it from last time because I forgot to include some important aspects. I had to round the edges of my legs that has a wooden rod between the two connecting it to the sides of the cornhole. For my prototype instead of a wooden rod I used nails to go through my leg stands. My leg stand actually moves up and down to give the face of my cornhole board a slant. I then attached a curved wooden handle on the left side of the side of the cornhole board. I also attached a video on how to make a wooden cornhole board the exact way I made my prototype. My next step will be to closely watch this video and find out what materials I need to make my real prototype. My internet is not working or i would have included my picture below! Sometime this week i will upload it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMqWdTBg3Go
This is a version of what the inside of my cardboard hinges should look like. I plan to closely follow this procedure so that my final product would look like this. I spent my class time today by searching the web for various types of corn hole versions. The most common and easily facilitated one was this one. The main thing that jumped out at me was the round part of the leg stand. It was interesting to learn that those have to be round so that the leg stands can move up and done easily.
This is a side profile picture of the prototype i made last class. It has a handle attach to the right side of the board. You can see how my board will stand on a slant, making it easy to play. The picture below shows how the leg stand will work! This was my very first prototype that I am sure will need dramatic changes but it is what I want to base my corn-hole board off of.
This is a picture of the back of my board which shows the legs stands rounded end attached to a wooden ( the nails) pole, making it able to move up and down for that perfect slant. I already can see something I want to change for my next model that I make. The wooden pole works wonderfully, however since I have a hole smack dab in the middle of my corn-hole board it almost looks like I could go behind the hole and that is not what I want.
https://www.yellawood.com/media/1742/cornhole.pdf
This link basically shows my step by step process for making a corn hole board.
Below is the steps carefully ,written out by me, that i need to follow in order to make my corn hole board. It also includes pictures to help me follow along.
These are the dimensions on inkscape of my corn hole board. My plan is to cut out this exact sheet two times so i have two boards and 2 of each side of the corn hole board. My next step is to cut out two more of just the sides of the corn hole board because i need 4 in total. I am excited to start cutting and creating my actual project!! It is kind of hard to see in this picture what my lay out is, but basically I have two pairs of identical rectangles and one big rectangle with a hole In the middle. It was hard to make the exact measurements on inscape because everything had to be parallel and the same because it is symmetric on both sides. My next step is to hopefully print this out and see if it is what I am looking for.
This is a screenshot from inkscape of my dimensions of my two corn hole boards. To print out a cardboard model on the laser cutter i divided each of my dimensions by 6 so that i could have a handheld prototype of my corn-hole boards. My real dimensions would not cut out in actual size on the laser cutter. Since I made the sizes 6 times smaller so that It would 3D print I could print out two of them.
Today when i printed out my cardboard prototype above it did not go as planned. I forgot to realize where the sides of the corn-hole will be. If they are on top of the sides it will make it make the face more sturdy, However if they are on the sides then the board will not be as sturdy. I also forgot to realize that i need to subtract the thickness of the cardboard which is .125. In order for the longer sides of the corn hole to work with the sides of the board on top of the back of the face , i need to make the longer sides shorter. This might be a tad confusing , however i know what i need to do for next time and am ready to make a strong prototype!
This is my 3D laser cut cardboard model of my cornhole board. By creating this model i know that these measurements will work when i start cutting out wood. I went back to my big version on inkscape of my measurements and made sure each was exactly multiplied by six inches to make my bigger version. Today i am going to the wood shop to start my final model!! Although in this prototype I still have the wooden pole connecting my stands, I figured out that if I used a hinge and nails that I don't need a wooden pole and could drill a hole in the side of the corn hole and actually make it turn without the rod.
I was not here yesterday so today i needed to step up my game and get work done. I went to the wood shop, cut out all of my wood pieces, made sure they were the correct thickness and size. Then cut the face of my boards out and made sure to add on the 3/4ths of an inch so that it would correctly align. I took scraps of wood from the wood shop and set them up on a big piece of wood to have a picture in my mind what it would look like but also if the board was big enough or if we had to order new wood.
This is a model of the corn hole board i have been looking at as an example to follow. I hope by the end of class mine looks like this. I found this model in the woodshop and it functions really well and looks very nice and neat. I am hoping to closely resemble this cornhole board in my own way. Although my dimentions are not the same because I am making my cornhole board a camper sized one, it is still a good piece to closely follow because I know it works.
This is a picture of me last class when I used the nail gun to staple ( the big yellowish green thing )my wood together. First I aligned the sets of wood onto my board and made sure it was equal on both sides. I then glued on the sides with wood glue for it to stay stuck. For it to really stay together I then used a clamp making sure to align it, and used a nail gun to nail the wood together. I had to nail all sides and then nail the bottom of the board to the wood perimeter so that would stay as well. Then I had to repeat this whole process for the other corn hole board. I learned how to use a nail gun!
This is a picture of me halfway through my work smiling with the very heavy nail gun!!
This is a picture of the final product. I had to make two! Because that's how many there are!!
I have been out sick this whole week and missing class but I went online and found this tutorial on how to make bean bags for corn hole boards. This is the very basic way of making bags for a corn hole board. I wonder if there is anything in the fab lab that will help me create bean bags easier and faster.
https://sailrite.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/how-to-make-cornhole-bags/
Today I cut out four rectangles that were perfectly the same in the wood shop and exactly 6 inches long. I had to make sure the thickness of these were the same as the thickness of my board or else the board could be really uneven and not stand up correctly. These are my four leg stands for the inside of my board. I then had to use this new machine to round my leg stands so that when I attached them to the board they would swing up and down without hitting the bottom of the board. It was really fun to learn how to use this wood cutting machine and now I can teach other people how to use it.
This is just a different angle of me rounding the leg stands. It was important to keep your hands away from the sharp tool. The leg stand needed to be completely round so it made it difficult to get all the way around it but I made it happen!
This is another machine that I learn to use in the fab lab that basically soothes the edges of wood. It is kind of like the other machine but this cant cut off pieces of wood it can only shave off. I used this machine a lot to even out the edges and make it perfectly round. It was important not to press down too hard or I could have shaved off half the rounded wood!
This is another machine I learned to use today that basically drilled a hole in the center of my wood stands. It was challenging at first to find the right nail that I would put into the machine because it depended on how big the nails were that I was going to put into the wood stand and connect to the sides of the board. Then once I searched for the right one and learned what a nut is and a bolt I then took a clamp and clamped two together so their holes would be exactly in the same place. It also made it less time consuming doing two at a time.
Then it was connecting time! I then needed many tools to connect the wood stands I used wrenches, nail guns, drills, ect. This was probably the most challenging part of my project because everything had to be perfect and aligned or I would mess the whole thing up and the board would be on a slant.
I needed to put a little space in between my leg stand and the front of the board so that I could turn the stand up and down easily movable. It was really challenging doing this step because I had to hammer in the nails because we couldn't find the right nail so I had to use this wood grabber nail that basically grabbed the nail if it was deep into the wood. I ended up having to drill a div-id into the side of my leg stand so that the nail would reach through from the outside to the other side. It took a few tries but I ended up getting it to work and this is what it looked like from an inside view of the board
Once I got both leg stands nailed into the wood I stood it up and it worked!!!!!!
Today I needed to drill a hole in my corn-hole board so that I could actually play corn-hole!! This is my last step to my corn-hole board besides painting it. This was basically a circle connected to a nail gun. This was really tricky for many reasons. 1. it is very dangerous and you have to hold strong because its very powerful. 2 it was freezing outside and we had to stand outside. 3. it took a while to actually drill the hole. We had to put a peace of wood under the hole so when I drilled it wouldn't hit right through the pavement.
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