New set finished

[joeyb6571]

Just finished my new set. These are Poplar tops stained with colonial maple and pocket hole screwed and glued together. They have a 1in overhang and I added a few extras like rubber feet at the bottom and adjustable legs since we play on uneven pavement all the time. The deck logos were done by Billm75 and I gotta say they blow away the store bought decals on the backs of the boards. Let me know what you guys think this is my 3rd set and I would like any thoughts or ideas that could be make them better next time.

[Lee]

Great Job
boards look great

[cheeks]

i'm a hardcore UK fan and it hurts me to say those boards are great. i wish my third set looked that good. i've never seen poplar plywood anywhere, did you have to go to a cabnet shop or specialty supplier?

[joeyb6571]

Cheeks believe it or not they had it on clearance at my local home depot. 4x8 sheets for $26. It was in really good shape with almost no green streaks in it and I only put one coat of the stain on it and it came out really even. I have stained poplar before but never with this kind of results. As far as the Uk thing I just cant get behind any team with a tiger or cat as the logo but atleast you guys dont have that pumpkin orange in your colors LOL.

[billm75]

Great looking boards there Joe. I love that natural wood grain look!

[joeyb6571]

Just finished the scoreboard for this set.

[derricksmash]

those scoreboards are sweet.

[joeyb6571]

Thanks Derrick, the only thing not in the picture is the colored plugs. You can see the holes in the board where they go. What i did was buy two 99cent wood door knobs the kind that most folding doors use and then drilled them out in the back and glued in a 3/8in dowel about 1/2inch long so they fit in the holes. I dipped each one in one of the paint colors which gives them a real thick coat. The first scoreboard i made used golf tees and everyone complained they could not see the score from the other end so I thought this might solve that problem for all of my blind friends. LOL

[Jymbo]

Great looking set of boards and scoreboards joey,

jymbo