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Cornhole Project

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I needed to build some cornhole boxes for my annual Spring party this year. C’mon, you know what cornhole is. It’s that bean bag tossing game that is really popular right now. Anyway, this is the project that catapulted me into the woodworking hobby.

Cornhole Boxes

The boxes are made of 3/4” cabinet grade birch plywood. I added a 1/2” roundover to the edges of the top panel, the holes, and the handles.

Cornhole Boxes Handles

Cornhole Boxes Side View

Finishing: I made three passes of 100 grit, 220 grit and 400 grit with a coat of Varathane’s Dark Walnut after each sanding. These boxes are VERY smooth!

Tools used: Router, Jigsaw, Circular saw, Drill.

Joinery: None – about 30 counter sunk screws per box (plugs used to fill screw holes).

-- Splintered Board Podcast - Woodworker Un-extraordinaire


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jeanmarc

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posted 108 days ago

great job

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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PaBull

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posted 108 days ago

SplinteredBoard, please let us in on the game, how does it work….

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SplinteredBoard

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posted 108 days ago

You can find the official rules here

I used that site to get the official dimensions of the boxes.

Basically, you set the boxes up facing each other (20’ or 30’ away) and toss canvas bags, full of corn, and try to get them in the holes. It’s become hugely popular lately. At least it has in the Chicagoland area…

-- Splintered Board Podcast - Woodworker Un-extraordinaire

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MsDebbieP

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posted 108 days ago

excellent.
I want to touch them!

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itsme_timd

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posted 108 days ago

:-) Ahhh yes, cornhole.

Cornhole hasn’t made it across the US yet. I’ve got some neighbors that are from Ohio so I know what it is – he’s got a set that we pull out in the cul-de-sac and play. I’m in Atlanta and a lot of people look at you really strangely if you say you’re playing cornhole with your friends… The name is slowly changing to “Corn Toss” around here.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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PaBull

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posted 108 days ago

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Bigbuck

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posted 108 days ago

Nice job, looks like a fun game.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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Josh

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posted 108 days ago

PaBull, I’m not sure that picture is a true reflection of the game. I only see one beer.

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PaBull

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posted 108 days ago

Ok, Josh, I do not know who I stole the pictures from, but here is three beers…
Better?

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Christopher

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posted 108 days ago

Mmmmm Beer

-- Sometimes when I am building something and it is out of square, I just bend my square.

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Josh

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posted 108 days ago

lol,16oz beers. Now that looks like the cornhole games I have seen.

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Quint

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posted 108 days ago

Looks like Peyton Manning put on a few pounds in the off season…

-- Never pet a burning dog...

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scottb

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posted 108 days ago

We’ve been playing a lot of that at family gatherings this summer. I think my BIL keeps it in his truck (painted Ohio State Colors…. I’m partial to your wooden one myself. Been fun, easier to play with a beer to counterbalance the bean bag…
I was thinking the surface should be a little rougher to help keep more on the board, but I guess the slow accumulation of corn dust from the bags helps keep the game good and slick.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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Brad_Nailor

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posted 108 days ago

its a soft version of horseshoes…...Never heard of it up here in the northeast, and your title scared me a little.

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thetimberkid

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posted 106 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Dan M

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posted 105 days ago

Very cool – for a while there I thought I was the only one posting these things on LJs!

Like the finish although I’d be worried the bags would hit and zip off the back being soooo smooth!

-- Dan M, SW Suburbs, Chicago IL -- http://www.djay-crafts.com

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