Ridiculous Cornhole Boards

[Ben Beckham]

College football season is here (Georgia Tech!), and with football comes tailgates, and with tailgates, cornhole. I have a set of cornhole boards I made from 1x pine and 1/2" plywood a few years ago, and they are functional, but....

I have a hankerin' to make a set of cornhole boards so over-the-top with woodworking style that anyone who sees them will instantly roll their eyes and wonder why. The problem is I just don't know what all I can throw in there. Dovetailed corners are a must, obviously, and the necessarily exposed joinery will probably scream arts-and-crafts styling. They will have to be carried around, so I'm sure a little Shaker efficiency will be thrown in there.

I'm fishing for ideas on how to add complications to this thing....

[Brian Kent]

Look up cutting boards and find one of the wonderful pattern designs:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?138214-End-grain-to-end-grain

You can simplify it by not using endgrain, but still get the reaction you desire!

[Brian Vaughn]

Don't forget some carved scrollwork on the side supports, and of course, a massive inlay pattern on the face.

[Erik France]

Doing some marquetry on the top might put you over the top, or even just some highly figured veeners. Claw foot legs would be fetching but wouldn't match the A&C or shaker stylings.

Forgive my ignorance about the fine art of tailgating and the use of a Cornhole Board, but I was reluctant to do a google search on it. I had a feeling that the results wouldn't be safe for work. ;)

[Charles Brown]

Can you do the top section as a giant raised panel let into the sides of your dovetailed frame?

[Wayne Hendrix]

What the heck is a cornhole board.

[Matt Meiser]

http://www.playcornhole.org/


I made one (yes only one--its just for fun) for our camper and my daughter decided we should paint the sides black and the top Festool green.

Related, the bags really are filled with corn. Guess what happens when one accidentally lands in the fire?

[Peter Aeschliman]

How about doing a Georgia Tech logo and/or Yellow Jacket inlay?

[Jim Rimmer]

We have a similar game in Texas but we use washers. Very large washers. A variation of horseshoes, I guess.

[Ben Martin]

A tip from one Ben to another, I have seen way too many drunken people fall over "bags" (the Chicago name) while tailgating. I would hate to see something you spend a lot of time on get destroyed in such a manner.

Over the top in my mind is a drink holder and score keeper attached...

[Andrew Kertesz]

I will see if I can find the pictures. We made some that light up out of acrylic. They looked like they were floating when in the dark, the edges were lit and the cut out hole edge was lit. The issue with getting to fancy is they need to break down and be easy to carry, most people are going to also want something that doesn't weigh a ton.

[Rod Sheridan]

What the heck is a cornhole board.

I'm glad I'm not the only person who had to ask.

I was imagining that it was some sort of a board used for corn on the cob.............Rod.

[Brian Vaughn]

I'd like to amend my response, based on the acrylic comment, that if you use an inset acrylic ring around the hole, as well as LED's under the wood, but around the ring, it would make the inner surface of the ring glow. And as for sturdiness, well, that's just a part of this. It should be able to be stood on, fallen on, and not suffer any ill effects. But still be light. I'm thinking a torsion box internal support system.

[Ed Barnes]

A tip from one Ben to another, I have seen way too many drunken people fall over "bags" (the Chicago name) while tailgating. I would hate to see something you spend a lot of time on get destroyed in such a manner.

Over the top in my mind is a drink holder and score keeper attached...

Is this what you had in mind?

206453

This site may give you some ideas, although these don't appear to breakdown.
http://chitowncornhole.com/
Ed

[Jerome Hanby]

I was afraid to ask...


I'm glad I'm not the only person who had to ask.

I was imagining that it was some sort of a board used for corn on the cob.............Rod.

[Trevor Remster]

Be careful with the finish. A friend is an auto painter and he put the slickest flame job on his boards with lacquer. He was so proud of these boards when he first debuted them to family and friends. Unfortunately they wouldn't hold a bag. If you didn't put the bag right through the hole you were screwed. So you might experiment a little with the final finish.:)

[Mike Henderson]

I had never heard of a "cornhole board" before either. I had heard some salacious references to "cornhole" but never to a board. However, Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole)is your friend. It's a game of some kind.

Mike