How To Make LED Cornhole Boards!!!

How to make an easy DIY cornhole board and a super cool color changing LED and epoxy cornhole board. Now the game doesnt have to stop once the sun goes down! A big thank you to Lowes for sponsoring this video! please help support me by supporting them!

- DeWalt Drill and Driver set

- DeWalt Jig Saw

- Color Changing LED Strips

-Bosch Orbital Sander

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Videography/Editing Marlon J Torres

DISCLAIMER: Woodworking and the use of power and hand tools can be extremely dangerous. You are responsible for understanding the safe use of your tools and techniques. Your safety is YOUR responsibility, I accept NO responsibility or liability for any injuries, accidents, death occurring to you or others if you attempt to do the things that I do or use advice that I give.

[DarinBeard]

This is the first cornhole build that actually made me want to build one. The ending was well shot and lots of fun.

[willp]

This is a great tutorial! I've made 2 sets of these now, learning a bunch each time. Here's what I learned the hard way! I routed my channels for the led's to be 1 inch wide for looks, and 1/2 inch deep. On 2 boards, I used a solid gallon of epoxy. On the second set, I kept my channels at 1/2 wide by 1/2 inch deep and cut my epoxy use in half. To secure my side boards, I used hot glue instead of silicone and screws, and this worked out fine - no screw holes to fill later. I also used hot glue to secure the led strip lights instead of super glue, and the hot glue let go in a couple of spots after the epoxy was poured. The strips turned sideways in a few spots, but still looks ok, and was only a problem in 1 of 4 boards. More hot glue would've helped. Standard 1 gallon windshield washer jugs also work to seal the center hole, but remove the labels. I overlooked this and was left with the paper label stuck to the inside of 2 holes. Removing the excess epoxy overflow with sandpaper is tiresome. A cheap oscillating multi-tool with a flex scraper works great for the high spots and a hand plane gets the rest before finally sanding it smooth. I didn't have the white pearlescence to die my epoxy, so I sanded the top with 220 grit and this gave a cool "hazy" look and hides the details of the led strips without sacrificing too much light. Finally, after routing the led channels, I used wood glue and a 15 gauge nail gun to build the frame and secure the top. Screws worked great too, but the nails leave a much smaller hole to fill when done and are much faster than drilling, countersinking, and driving screws a couple dozen times. I hope this helps someone else on this adventure!

[alecpratt]

As a guy that used to work at Lowe's, don't buy the precut ply wood unless you have to. Two precut 2*4 sheets costs as much as a whole sheet. It's literally twice as much. Can even ask them to cut it for you at the store. And cool project turned out nice! And thank you for your service 🇺🇲

[littleberry]

In my humble opinion the best plans. Just bought them, I have to build 3 sets for a charity auction at my sons school, thank you so much

[whiterabbit]

Ok so I thought I was going above & beyond with the set of cornhole boards I'm building but that set with the embedded lights . . . hats off, great idea.

[chrisclan]

Very nice. You should make a video on how you wired the led’s up and how you used a remote to turn them on.

[timmills]

From a guy that has made almost 50 sets of cornhole boards himself these are awesome.

Those inlayed LEDS are an awesome idea! Great job man. Thanks for sharing

[johnnyd]

Great video!! Awesome job!!! My head is spinning with ideas for Plywood, LED Strips and Resin.

[MovieMadam]

OMG. I wanna make some boards for my hubby as a belated Father's day gift and now I wanna do this! Never done half the stuff in this video, but I don't even care! I wanna do it!

[Theycallmeernie]

Awesome video! These things look super awesome and have a very finished look to them! A quick suggestion, if you ever want to make more, try out the led strips they have for backlighting a TV. They have a USB plug and you can then use a portable phone charger to power them. Keep up the great job! 👍🤘

[DaddyBear]

Before I saw this video I literally had no idea what a Cornhole board was. I wasn't sold on the LED version, then you showed the night shots and they look AWESOME! Good work.

[ZacJones]

Awesome set of corn hole boards! Love the dramatic cinematic ending between you and Utz! Best Corn hole video on YouTube so far! I've made a few and used the kreg jig for the pocket holes on the frame, I found that works really well and you can dismember them if you ever need to!

[triciachandler]

That is the most awesome corn hole board I have ever seen. We play a lot of corn hole and that would be so cool in our backyard. We have a lot of solar decor in our backyard. Fantastic job. Thanks so much for sharing.

[YouCanMakeThisToo]

I dig the LEDs, and that ending was epic! I was going to unsub if Utz didn't win, glad he didn't disappoint.

[ejlilley]

Nicely done, informative, quick, simple, no boring overkill and entertaining! I also appreciate Lowe's Veteran discount.

[lopaka]

You know a video is well done when you watch it a second time months later for the hell of it.

[ericgunther]

Great job! I loved your instructions and the competition between your dog and yourself was classic.

[LongIslandDad]

Pro Tip:
Install a hinged, drop down ramp under the hole so the bean bags slide to the back and are easy to retrieve.

[wattsn]

Amazing man! Thank you so much! Just finished my own led boards, they’re perfect! Only diff is I used a rechargeable usb pack to power the leds, totally wireless now! Thanks so much for the great idea!

[deltaray]

A couple years ago I made some mini golfing platforms for my son to use that have an led strip hooked up to an arduino and a sensor in the hole. When you get the ball in the hole it lights a pattern on the strip and plays a little melody. I've had trouble keeping the led strip attached to the platform, but your design makes me want to try this again using epoxy instead of just glue. Thanks.