Build this DIY Penny Hockey Game in an hour with your kids! Plus we meet a maker, Zac Builds! S1E9
This week we have a scrap wood ping pong table, a giant game of Jenga, some clever cord management from Zac and a bunch more! Let’s get to it!
Starting us off is Eric Sorensen, who shared his top 5 spring projects for 2020. They include some planter boxes, a mini firewood shed and even a folding saw horse. Man I’m glad spring is here.
Our next project is from Andrew Klein, who made this awesome outdoor ping pong table from scrap wood! Make me one.
Next we have Shana from Shana’s Workshop, who makes a giant game of Jenga out of 2x4s
And finally, one or our very favorite makers, Mark Rober, has started a new science series on YouTube for kids! He’s going to make 3 classes a week! The latest one answers the question, “when I fart, do I lose weight?”. Why do you need to even know that.
Zac, from Zac Builds made this really awesome table with a live edge walnut slab, and some wormy maple!
Scott, from Scott’s Mini Wood Shop shared a video of him turning an oval bowl!
And finally, Matthew from Beeton Barn Board shared a white baby gate project that is adorable!
Project Challenge
Ok it’s time for our own project this week! We built our very own penny hockey game and here’s how we did it.
We started with a ¾” piece of plywood, and measured out our hockey rink. Most of the penny hockey designs we found are shaped like a sheet of paper, but we’re hockey fans so we chose to scale ours down from an actual hockey rink, which is 85’ by 200’. We made ours, 8.5 inches by 20 inches.
Once we got our dimensions marked out, I used the table saw to cut the pieces we needed. Now that we had our rough pieces, we set them together to make sure it was all going to fit. Then we marked the length of the end pieces, so we could cut them on the miter saw.
They were a perfect fit. Now, it was time for Kaylee to be put to work and she did a great job sanding! We may need to hire her for all of our sanding needs.
The last holes were for the goal, which we drilled out with a 1 and 1/8th in hole saw. The spade bit left some pretty rough holes, so I used a rolled-up piece of sandpaper to get rid of the splinters. After that, I grabbed our dowel rod and cut our hockey players and placed the pegs into the holes to see how they looked.
It was finally time to glue everything up. We used a few Bessy clamps to hold it together while it dried. After we had the sides in place, we carefully glued in all of our hockey players. Then we just had to wait for it all to dry.
The next morning, we did a bit of sanding, and then put these cute little feet on the bottom so we wouldn’t scratch up the table. Then, it was time to play penny hockey! Let us know in the comments who you think would win a Penny Hockey Game. Rob or Kaylee?
Next Week’s Challenge!
For this week, we’re giving away a HART 40-Volt Cordless Brushless Attachment Capable 15-inch String Trimmer Kit. Perfect for spring chores! All you need to do is leave a comment, sharing a YouTube maker you like to watch! Alright breaks over. Let’s make something!
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