Washer Toss game board.

[dbhost]

I was asked earlier this week to build a washer toss game board for a friend's crawfish boil that starts now in 2 hours. After getting a plan for the game, I came up with the following...








To keep costs down, I ripped left over 1x6 stock down to 1x2 that the plan called for. I should have went myself and gotten the plywood. He overpaid for the lumber.

The construction is simple screwed together butt joints. I used 78 coated deck screws per board. The distancing rope that holds them together at 10' apart is cammo tarp cord that I use for backpacking. I have way more than enough of this stuff to be able to donate it away...

He overbought so badly, I have enough material except for the carpet and hardware to build a second one. I might just grab some carpet, and of course the clasps and handle, and do just that for the church youth group...

[JoeyGee]

Looks like they turned out great and should be lots of fun. The past few years I have built and sold dozens of cornhole sets--very easy and cheap to build and similar to what you built. People pay obscene amounts of money for these sets around here. I don't feel I gouged any one, but I sold them for more than I thought they were worth.

I think as woodworkers we sometimes underestimate the worth of what we can do. I have always believed in business it's not what you know, it's what others don't--or not what you can do, it's what others can't do.