Building an Unbreakable Concrete Cornhole Board

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  • @Hoaxer51
    @Hoaxer513 ай бұрын

    Yes, please go back, I’d like to see how they put the checkerboard in the concrete table and what they use for it along with the writing stencils and different borders they use. I’d like to see how they grind the surface smooth, like how many steps they use and what grits of grinding/sanding discs and what polishing grits they use also. Thanks for sharing!

  • @jefff6167
    @jefff61675 сағат бұрын

    Thanks for taking the time to create this video. You’re a very good presenter👍🇺🇸

  • @austinpatrick2682
    @austinpatrick26823 ай бұрын

    This was great😊. Good to see you in front of the camera Nate

  • @Topher_Knows
    @Topher_Knows3 ай бұрын

    None of the things ya'll are doing is ground breaking new tech in this industry(yes, a few material changes, CnCs etc). But I still love all of it! Just so good to see a company look at things and just go, "I bet we could make that out of concrete instead". Keep it up. Also, I lied, there is a real breakthrough in tech that we are seeing here, it's a demonstration of how our Orthopedics and Chiropractics have come such a long way.

  • @gtbkts
    @gtbkts3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the awesome video and all the amazing content!!

  • @bobainsworth5057
    @bobainsworth50573 ай бұрын

    Yes, let's hear more. This is fascinating.

  • @Extrmach
    @Extrmach3 ай бұрын

    So cool! Great video guys!

  • @BrittCHelmsSr
    @BrittCHelmsSr3 ай бұрын

    Oh my gosh! at @12:12 I had a rush of memories from summers spent at the Palmetto Council's Camp Palmetto in Saluda, NC in the late 70's and early 80's where wooden versions of this game were stationed outside the dining hall for scouts to play between merit badge classes or while wating on meals to be served. There was always a line to see who was next to try to beat the previous game's champion. I hadn't thought about these in years. Awesome! The whole cement game pieces is a very cool idea that fits a need for gear that needs to be long-lasting and hard to walk off with.

  • @michaelcarroll991
    @michaelcarroll9913 ай бұрын

    This was very cool. Where im from cornhole is very popular and we have tons of tournaments. Thanks Nate for the tour. Please do more videos.

  • @libertarian1637
    @libertarian16373 ай бұрын

    As a DIY cheat mix up some fine cement plaster, just sand and cement along with color, if you want, to paint your forms with to a 1/4”-1/2” thick before pouring in your concrete; this will ensure a good smooth finish without hollows that can come from pouring concrete straight in. Without vibration you risk aggregate being at the finished surface and with too much vibration you risk aggregate separation. I’d also embed my rebar or mesh in the middle rather than pushing it in at the end just as it’s easier for most people to do and can provide better strength, though with these small if projects concrete without any fibers or reinforcement can be strong enough for home use.

  • @LoreTunderin
    @LoreTunderin3 ай бұрын

    This is really cool! There's so many things made of concrete you could add games to, like a fire pit surround with oversized poker chip slots (hockey pucks or firewood cookies perhaps?).

  • @aerialrescuesolutions3277
    @aerialrescuesolutions32773 ай бұрын

    Very cool, thank you, Nate.

  • @Myeviltwin69
    @Myeviltwin693 ай бұрын

    Box hockey. Never heard of it but it looks fun. Now I want one 🏒

  • @larsenjbl
    @larsenjbl3 ай бұрын

    wow - great games, and so interesting to see. Thanks Nate

  • @BeeHiverson
    @BeeHiverson3 ай бұрын

    I made a set of concrete corn hole boards 10 years ago and they look they same. And never any set up or take down!

  • @Spice1_
    @Spice1_3 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this video

  • @bobireland1256
    @bobireland12563 ай бұрын

    Ah the creative mind at work! And I was rolling on the floor laughing watching y’all play box hockey! Pray maintain speed and course!

  • @DEADB33F
    @DEADB33F3 ай бұрын

    I'll be setting up a commercial campsite in the UK later this year so this has given me some great ideas for stuff I can make to add to the experience. Thanks.

  • @Stefan-ts4kt

    @Stefan-ts4kt

    3 ай бұрын

    Commercial campsite? Where abouts?

  • @DEADB33F

    @DEADB33F

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@Stefan-ts4kt Just acquired an extra 10 acres at the back of my smallholding, looking to put some camping & caravanning plots, dig a lake, add some glamping pods, shower block, etc.

  • @lucaswhite2681
    @lucaswhite26813 ай бұрын

    Oh man those are all awesome

  • @jackmoyer2174
    @jackmoyer21743 ай бұрын

    Wow Lem! You’re a star! Camp Gilead box hockey for the win! 😊

  • @1956Taz
    @1956Taz3 ай бұрын

    I would like to see more of this very interesting show

  • @aaronschulz5077
    @aaronschulz50773 ай бұрын

    The concrete table tennis tables in Germany usually suck but theirs look really great, any chance he can come back teach the germans how to do them as well as they do them :D. Also the corner holes look awesome and tahllhat game is also fairly unknown in Germany...

  • @colleenbarrett2663
    @colleenbarrett26633 ай бұрын

    Yea ! I bet that’s real fun to move around !

  • @toddwolfe5659
    @toddwolfe56593 ай бұрын

    Played box hockey for years when I was a kid. Glad to see it's still around. 🏒

  • @MandoFettOG
    @MandoFettOG3 ай бұрын

    Box hockey is a camp classic. I played it for years at French Creek Bible Camp in PA. I wonder where he came across it.

  • @Concretetabletennis

    @Concretetabletennis

    3 ай бұрын

    Played it at a camp in Washington state when I was a camper!

  • @PhotonFlightTeam
    @PhotonFlightTeam3 ай бұрын

    Great shirt Nate! (family IS forever!)

  • @TS6815
    @TS68153 ай бұрын

    concrete cornhole: [exists] Practical Engineering: [sweating profusely]

  • @thetommantom
    @thetommantom3 ай бұрын

    There are some concrete tables at a couple parks near me that I've seen I don't often go to them but I'm pretty sure I know where one is

  • @pjimpin
    @pjimpin3 ай бұрын

    That is awesome

  • @kathleensmith370
    @kathleensmith3703 ай бұрын

    Fun Stuff

  • @GreggArchambault
    @GreggArchambault3 ай бұрын

    Loved this episode. I was so invested in the business side of the equation for this company. How do they sell these, shipping questions and set up. You mentioned that Lem had a interesting story, I would love to hear it. Well done.

  • @John5ive
    @John5ive3 ай бұрын

    Well, looks like some folks have found a way to prevent someone from running off with your cornhole boards...

  • @Strawman333
    @Strawman3333 ай бұрын

    Permanent backyard corn hole boards.

  • @soupofpossibilities8537
    @soupofpossibilities85373 ай бұрын

    Yes, interview Lem

  • @zunedog31
    @zunedog313 ай бұрын

    One day in college we were walking through campus and one of those concrete ping pong tables mysteriously appeared in an odd grassy area. We called it Ponghenge.

  • @user-bw3oh5jy7n
    @user-bw3oh5jy7nАй бұрын

    I believe there is one in Chesapeake Virginia off of battlefield Blvd. If so, thank you guys

  • @MarcMajcher
    @MarcMajcher3 ай бұрын

    What kind of drone are you using there at 4:40?

  • @user-eg9qh6zi9y
    @user-eg9qh6zi9y3 ай бұрын

    Would be nice to hear the story trying to start one with pots for plants

  • @Hoaxer51
    @Hoaxer513 ай бұрын

    If you can’t find melamine or it’s to expensive, you can build your forms with 2x construction quality wood/boards and then line it with pieces of 1/8” Masonite , you can glue the Masonite to the inside of your 2x forms. To vibrate your forms after you place the concrete in them, use a hammer drill and go over the outside of your forms to release any air bubbles from the surface of the forms. Good luck with it if you decide to try this Do It Yourself project.

  • @Concretetabletennis

    @Concretetabletennis

    3 ай бұрын

    A square random orbital sander makes a good vibrator for small forms.

  • @ringerson4x4
    @ringerson4x43 ай бұрын

    Need more back story on Lem.

  • @jim2mckenna220
    @jim2mckenna2203 ай бұрын

    Been watching “Kings” of the Stone Age for years. Fell in Love with their ping pong tables!

  • @ZachFields
    @ZachFields3 ай бұрын

    I'd love an interview with Lem talking about his career background.

  • @rogerbrown91
    @rogerbrown913 ай бұрын

    When youre done playing corn hole years later make a nice headstone 🪦

  • @rgbrown90
    @rgbrown903 ай бұрын

    Interview Lem on EC 2 !

  • @dandonna852
    @dandonna8523 ай бұрын

    What would the price for chess board 1 inch thick 20 x20 inches 1/2 round sides with engraved algebraic black lettering with heavy duty legs blue for dark color squares?

  • @Jimunu
    @Jimunu3 ай бұрын

    Would like to se more

  • @kirkyorg7654
    @kirkyorg76543 ай бұрын

    this would be great idea if the cornhole boards were made from the whipped concrete the stuff with bubbles like an Aero bar its lightweight, then they would be easy to move around rather than needing two men & a horse to move them but a pretty cool idea to make all this out of concrete

  • @DEADB33F

    @DEADB33F

    3 ай бұрын

    I think the whole point is that they're hard to move. ...they're designed for public parks, etc.

  • @milesharlan1
    @milesharlan13 ай бұрын

    Please come back & talk to him w an interview..tks..KUTGW

  • @chuckerickson6721
    @chuckerickson67213 ай бұрын

    You might tell Lem that making golf putting like his corn hole might be worth while

  • @justeph79
    @justeph793 ай бұрын

    Please return and do a second episode with the back story of the owner, as mentioned.

  • @johnsrabe
    @johnsrabe3 ай бұрын

    I appreciate the execution of the game and the video, but since 97% of cornhole games wind up ignored in the backyard after the first exciting month, I can’t understand why anyone would want to make them heavier and harder to break down and throw away. This is like, “Let’s make a base for your exercise bike out of a 500lb block of granite!”

  • @B_aka_Scias
    @B_aka_Scias3 ай бұрын

    I never heard anyone from brazil making one of these, maybe there's market here 👀

  • @Concretetabletennis

    @Concretetabletennis

    3 ай бұрын

    ❤ probably

  • @Jesusiscoming24
    @Jesusiscoming243 ай бұрын

    What is melamine .. is it a powder mix put in the mix .. I looked it up and found it speaking of forms not mixes ??

  • @salient2849

    @salient2849

    3 ай бұрын

    Melamine is a product used for the forms it’s basically a smooth partial board and has a white face

  • @Jesusiscoming24

    @Jesusiscoming24

    3 ай бұрын

    @@salient2849 .. ok so maybe the vibrating is what made the concrete look smooth and not a plasticizer

  • @salient2849

    @salient2849

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Jesusiscoming24 yes exactly the talks vibrates which causes the concrete to consolidate there for producing a nice finish, it’s the same concept as actual concrete forming when you use a vibrator inside the forms so that when you take them off you’re left with a smooth finish, you can get the same result by just tapping the form

  • @nwcompounding1
    @nwcompounding13 ай бұрын

    would love to hear the origin story

  • @RobC1999
    @RobC19993 ай бұрын

    Wonder how heavy the cornhole boards are?

  • @isaacdejonge4371

    @isaacdejonge4371

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah I was just wondering how you’d move them without a couple people to help😅

  • @RobC1999

    @RobC1999

    3 ай бұрын

    @@isaacdejonge4371 suppose that’d help keep them from getting stolen in public places.

  • @traktion9

    @traktion9

    3 ай бұрын

    Fridge truck or dolly as we call them should be up for the challenge.

  • @Concretetabletennis

    @Concretetabletennis

    3 ай бұрын

    400lbs each.

  • @tommylawler5286
    @tommylawler52863 ай бұрын

    Pity Scott is not doing this video, he's the best .

  • @mikedevine1715
    @mikedevine17153 ай бұрын

    She's a good sport

  • @bobmanns3623
    @bobmanns36233 ай бұрын

    What's the weight of one of them bad boys?

  • @Concretetabletennis

    @Concretetabletennis

    3 ай бұрын

    Cornhole Boards are 400 lbs each.

  • @bobmanns3623

    @bobmanns3623

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Concretetabletennis whoa, I'd guess you don't have an issue with people walking away with them? 😆

  • @michiganporter
    @michiganporter3 ай бұрын

    Def not really portable but solid nonetheless

  • @acwright
    @acwright3 ай бұрын

    Still bean bags in concrete corn holes. Interesting

  • @Concretetabletennis

    @Concretetabletennis

    3 ай бұрын

    Traditionally the bags are filled with dry corn kernals. We use plastuc pellets.

  • @lewerim
    @lewerim3 ай бұрын

    For sure, spend some more time there

  • @skateparkreality
    @skateparkreality3 ай бұрын

    Built to grind

  • @thzzzt
    @thzzzt3 ай бұрын

    Sure, a cornhole board, for where else would people put their corn, if not in the hole? (He said confidently.)

  • @SwedishDeathLlama
    @SwedishDeathLlama3 ай бұрын

    The part I don't understand is the lack of cracking. You pour a "2D" driveway/patio, all the re-entrant corners will crack so you need to put joints in to guide the cracks. But somehow the 3D re-entrant corners don't crack! Concrete magic

  • @theebalz

    @theebalz

    3 ай бұрын

    The concrete fibers, steel lattice, and plastizer all work to stop the cracking. Plastizer (water reducer) greatly improves the strength of the concrete. Water reduces strength in the mix process. Plastizer reduces the need for so much water. 👍

  • @Hoaxer51

    @Hoaxer51

    3 ай бұрын

    It’s a small item, concrete sidewalk that’s 4-5 feet wide will usually crack every 10 feet even with 3/4” joints tooled in every 5 feet. So something that small, especially if you put some steel reinforcement in probably won’t ever crack. That’s a pretty nice DIY project if someone was interested in a semi-permanent game board area.

  • @michaelsallee7534
    @michaelsallee75343 ай бұрын

    go back ... spend more time

  • @sblack48
    @sblack483 ай бұрын

    Bet you don’t have to worry about people stealing these things

  • @dandonna852
    @dandonna8523 ай бұрын

    Classic chess pieces Black = blue color and white = off white dull white

  • @richardwalters1803
    @richardwalters18033 ай бұрын

    Yes, go back

  • @RovingPunster
    @RovingPunster3 ай бұрын

    What the heck is a "Corn Hole Board" ? I can guess an x-rated definition, but not the family friendly one that was intended.

  • @jasonmarshall819
    @jasonmarshall8193 ай бұрын

    Dam, won't be portable,look heavy

  • @Concretetabletennis

    @Concretetabletennis

    3 ай бұрын

    Everone else makes portable. We make permanent.

  • @zacharysmith7700
    @zacharysmith77003 ай бұрын

    those boards must be hella heavy

  • @danielelse3914
    @danielelse39143 ай бұрын

    Dude! Visual line-of-sight FAA regulation! I can't believe that you could see that drone a mile away.

  • @Skeetah-fl4px
    @Skeetah-fl4px3 ай бұрын

    I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO

  • @Jacks_Raging_Bile_Duct
    @Jacks_Raging_Bile_Duct3 ай бұрын

    i wish they still built things on this channel. Not sure if Scott is sick or something, but I'm not digging where the channel is leading.

  • @jamesengland7461

    @jamesengland7461

    3 ай бұрын

    Patience, grasshopper

  • @Groots22
    @Groots223 ай бұрын

    Too heavy… who has a forklift at home to move these around.

  • @pamelah6431
    @pamelah64313 ай бұрын

    Please don't do the Wranglerstar thing of addressing your audience like everyone is a man. I'm a woman and love this channel.

  • @tacklebox6239
    @tacklebox62393 ай бұрын

    This was such a terrible episode. Any time Nate is the narrator I know it’s going to be bad. Where’s the old man at. We Want Scott!!

  • @jamesengland7461

    @jamesengland7461

    3 ай бұрын

    Would it kill you to be kind or respectful?

  • @tacklebox6239

    @tacklebox6239

    3 ай бұрын

    @@jamesengland7461 respect is earned

  • @mrkrause3

    @mrkrause3

    3 ай бұрын

    Another great, fun, informative video! Keep em coming Nate! Thanks

  • @DontInterruptMeCunt
    @DontInterruptMeCunt3 ай бұрын

    Not gonna bullshit, the thumbnail looks like mattress. Its the checkered sides I cant get my mind to get over.