A friend asked me to help him build a nesting cornhole set. Being the engineer that he is, he wanted to make the boards the exact same angle (fair play and all), and because one board has the sides inset in order to nest, the legs for the two boards need to be different lengths. He asked me to help calculate the lengths/angles and I got a bit carried away and modeled the entire set in SolidWorks and created a drawing. In looking around online, there are similar nesting sets, but there doesn't seem to be all of the dimensions I show. So I figured I would publish this in case anyone else finds it useful... and so my time spent was a little more productive. In reality, the ground will probably vary more than the difference in leg height... but oh well.
Here is a link to the 3D model and below are images and PDFs of the drawings. Disclaimer: I know there are tons of overlapping dimensions and the views are poorly laid out. I wanted to get everything on one sheet with as few views as possible. Enjoy!
Here is a link to the 3D model and below are images and PDFs of the drawings. Disclaimer: I know there are tons of overlapping dimensions and the views are poorly laid out. I wanted to get everything on one sheet with as few views as possible. Enjoy!
Inner Board (PDF)
Outer Board (PDF)
Chad, when I ran the numbers using the plywood thickness as 0.5" I came up with the same angle you did - 9.66°. When I used the actual plywood thickness, 15/32", I came up with a significantly different result, 6.97°! See if you can confirm that. Many thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhoops - sign error in my quadratic. Disregard my previous!
DeleteNo worries, it was cool to see someone using/viewing this post!
DeleteWhen nested, how did you hold the two sets together for transport? I have some ideas but am always looking for better ones.
ReplyDeleteIf I remember right he ended up just using a couple of those flip latches (like on an old timey trunk/chest) on each side. Would be be interesting to see/hear what you come up with!
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