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What kind of ply did you use for the board? Did you do anything to ensure it was dead flat (e.g. sanding).

What would you recommend doing if I stained the wood and cut the lines before any coats on poly?

I'm going to use your jig and just wanted to thank you for making it! 👍

While watching I though instead of cutting the “arrow shape waste into strips, might it be easier to cut them into L shape pieces? Possibly 2 less joints to have to reassemble. Once I try it, I’ll share if it works. You may have to miter the ends to join the opposing L shapes together.

I can't see the pdf anywhere. Where can I get it?

That intro is a personal attack 😂

The rail has me stumped... Well, let's say I don't wanna "experiment" with my maple 1x2 lol. I think two 3/16" slats seems easiest. Butt joint looks good but seems like it'd be hard to line them up perfectly. Do they *need* soaked to bend? I see these name brand boards achieving a "two slat" style rail, but it's basically plywood or a lumber core veneer. I can't imagine plywood or veneer rails being soaked, surely they don't play well with water?

FYI 5/32" or 4mm silicone vacuum tubing is perfect for bumpers. Cheap too. Don't bother with nylon spacers.

Used a template to cut my play surfaces, now I wish I just put a hole in the center for my circle jig lol. That centering jig, plus doing the point lines all use a center hole anyway. 🤦‍♂️

Would you mind uploading a DWG of the cad file? I can't get turbocad to install...

Do you really need to sand epoxy to get the extremely slick top?

Thank you so much for these videos! They gave me a great starting point and great advice! I suggest an UR game board for your next project it's something I bet you could do in a couple hours.

Great video. The only downside that you set a bad example by not using gloves (and probably no respirator) when working with epoxy.

Hmm, wondering how you cut the 5/8 slot for the router guide in the template 🤔

On the Router guides that were used, what were the inside and outside dimensions?

Great video! Did you consider wrapping the rails around a smaller circle to get less spring back? Would that even work?

Awesome videos. You have convinced me to build 4 boards, even though I own a very nice one from Crokinole Canada. They will be gifts for Xmas. However you're not really making 4 boards from 1 sheet of plywood. You still have to make the rails from separate lumber. Hardwoods are expensive.

This is super cool, now I kind of want to build one. But I gotta know... why are there 13 purple discs?!

Maybe I missed it in the video, but what wood are you using for the rails?

Why do you cut grooves? Why not just paint the lines, or use a Sharpie and then finish over that?

2:15 Polyester Resin is better for this than epoxy

Awesome tutorial, I also came from the shut up and sit down video and thought making them homemade would be a great little project

I am definetley going to make a crokinole board.... nice video

I’m starting my own board this weekend and I really appreciate you making these videos. Very informative and I would love to see more. You’re presentation style is outstanding. 👍👍

Great videos!!! I like your style!

You Sir, have been the inspiration I needed to make my own board. I'm following your instructions and using your guide and I think it is coming out pretty well. Thank you very much!!

Appreciate the video series. Will be attempting this project once the shop aka garage warms up a bit in the Spring.

Im 1/2 way through with my first board. Following your example very closely. I'm cutting the base into a hexagon so I don't have to soak and bend the wood. I went ahead and built 32 disks... yeah, definitely just order them! lol, my fingers are so sore from sanding! I don't have the proper 1/2 round router bit to form both sides of the disk, so only doing 1 side, then to the sander to get a bulk of angle, then hand sand to smooth... Whew, definitely just buy them, and I'm not even putting the convex concave faces on them. Anyways, great tutorial, very thorough explanations, and great music! :)

I like that you let the viewer know various mistakes you made along the way so that we can learn from them!! I appreciate the extra effort in that regard 🙂

I did 4 boards using your videos as a guide and they came out great! This was my first woodworking project ever, so it took a long time, but we were able to share them with family who don't usually play games and they LOVE it. They play it even when we're not there to force them to play games (and that's a big accomplishment!)! So THANK YOU for your time and effort making these videos. You've had an impact on our family 🙂

Great video, did you apply the sanding process of using dry and wet sanding to the decks you polyurethaned or just to the ones you used epoxy on?

Hi there! Do you sell the boards? Can you pass me the price? I live in Uruguay.

Great video! I also watched the Shut Up and Sit Down Crokinole review and was inspired to build my own board. A couple of things that I did differently. I filled the grooves with clear epoxy but instead of covering the entire board with the epoxy I just poured a tiny bit in all of the grooves, let it dry and cure and then sanded it down to be even with the board. It was very messy but worked well. And for the round outside rail I was not brave enough to attempt boiling water and bending wood. Instead I was able to order something called Bendy Ply from my local wood shop. I think it was like 1/8" thick. So I did two layers of that Bendy Ply around the base. Worked really well. The Bendy Ply almost feels like thick paper. It can be challenging to work with. But after I glued two strips together it hardened up nicely. Overall a very fun project. Love your videos! The jig you made was genius.

I came here directly from the Shut Up and Sit Down video

Terrific demo, wondering if I could achieve cutting large circles with a jig saw and a pice of string? And a paint pen and spinning the circle on the center axis... I’m a hand tool guy with a small apartment shop. Good call on the woodfiller. Really nice job on these boards, heirloom quality.

This is really awesome. Thanks!

Absolutely amazing video!

These are gorgeous. Kinda wish you sold the darker version

I see you also had graphics of each step in the process. Any chance you can zip those up and share them as well? Makes it easier than carrying my PC into the shop. :-)

I was thinking about building a crokinole board for a year or so and finally got around to it a few weeks ago, inspired partly by your video. The board is less than perfect, but looks pretty good and is quite playable. I wanted to mention one solution I came up with for inscribing the circles and lines on the board for people like me who don't have a router. After staining the board a light colour and adding a couple of coats of urethane I made a simple jig with a center hole and holes 4" 8" and 12" from the center just big enough for a finishing nail. With the jig fitted snugly to a center bolt I scored the surface with the nail at each diameter, cutting a small groove into the wood. I also cut the straight lines using a straight edge and a nail. Then I painted a dark stain into the grooves and wiped up the excess stain, much like you did in your video. Low tech but it worked out fine.

I also chose to fill the grooves of mine with a home made wood filler from the sawdust of my base. It worked very well to add contrast to the playing surface. it was slightly tedious but the result was worth it for me only making one board.

I had the exact same idea as you, I finished my board about 2 weeks ago. You look like you've got it down pat.

Nice work. Just wanted to comment that I was watching that glue bottle from the second it came on the screen. Great step by step and I love the accompaniment.

Pedantic western Canadian here, we pronounce it Crow-ken-ol :D

Ahahah I watched that same Shut Up video and right away though, "I can build that" so I started youtubeing and here I am. Cheers!

Omg, please mount your saw to the table or at least move it away from the edge. Please, this hurts to watch Love what you do tho, keep up the good work and stay safe

Does it matter if the grooves are not filled flush with the playing surface? How much does a narrow, shallow groove affect play, if the surface is smooth and well waxed?

Good Evening. I really enjoyed both your videos making this, thank you very much for sharing your process. Had a good chuckle when you explained how you chose epoxy. Subscribed and looking forwards to some other game builds :)

Good job. What kind of wood did you use for the rails? What kind of ply?

"I left room so I could glue in the corner supports. And then I forgot to do that." Man if that's not something I would do, I don't know what is.