History: There were two boards that were pulled off the wall which we were able to cut up and get six total game boards out of. The edges of the board had some water damage and some was just plain so old it was falling apart. The CENTER of these boards were salvageable so we took them outside, turned on the old skill saw, and cut them to our specs. The wood is now cut in to boards and the wood actually looks FANTASTIC!
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| Pre final sand (The glue was removed previous to tonights work) |
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| Post final first round sanding. Two more rounds coming but this board, with the glue removed, is looking FANTASTIC! |
Pictures will be posted here as the POPBox Hockey board build moves along so that you can see what is done to make these boards! Eventually these boards will receive their serial number and the title will change but for now they are titles above.
Day 2:
Got the side boards and goal end boards picked for AT&T Board 1. Then got them measured and cut, the middle board is not measured or cut until the board is squared up with corner clamps so the exact size can be determined. The middle board becomes a REAL headache during assembly if its to long or short.
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| Side boards and goal end boards. The middle board and corners are also cut from this wood |
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| Side and goal easy set together to quick check fit! |
Day 3:
We squared up the boards and determined if they need to be trimmed. This board had two 1/8 inch trims needed on each of the long boards. The goals are cut and the middle board is measured, cut and fitted. Once its fitted the middle slots are cut. Finally we cut the corner banks and the goalies are now cut.
Day 4:
We did a TON of sanding sanding sanding! Then we did a final dry fit up. This board lined up really nicely!
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| Look at that Board 1 Dry Fit! |
This board was completed just before Memroial Day Weekend 2012 and was ultimately purchased as a gift to a 6 year old Hockey Fanatic named "Jake"! This board had its fair share of issues but in the end came out real smooth and real clean assembled. The middle board did experience a crack when one of the mounting screws was driven in (First time this has happened) but we poly-ed it 8 times to cover it so not to affect gameplay. You could say we kind of "Added" our own game imperfection... :). This board had 7 layers of polyurethane put down on the playing surface, 3 more than normal but I wanted to make this board as smooth as possible as I knew the Hockey guru that was getting it would want SOLID, smooth ice! haha :)
We did our second message burning on the bottom and although it looked good, we know there is still practice / experience needed in this department! Message burning always makes these boards more personal to us here at POPBox Hockey when we get them completed and that is something we love!! "Happy 6th Birthday Jakers!" :)
Letting this board and the other AT&T Popbox Hockey boards go has been tough because it is SO COOL to see scrap 1x4's and 25+ year old plywood constructed in to a new game and hopefully being used, played hard on, smiles all around for another 25+ years! What an awesome way to help the planet stay a little greener AND provide a fun game for a great kid that will be mastering it for years to come!
Thanks to the two awesome people that thought this would be a good gift idea!! We surely enjoyed making it!!
NOTE: We did not get a chance to take pictures of the final product but I believe the two that bought it may have snapped some for us or perhaps the new owner could get a few and e-mail them in. If I get them Ill put them up.
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