Opened a dart hall. The walls are corrugated sheet metal. Needed to mount some steel tip boards. Ready-made stands cost too damn much for what you get. So BYO!
Step 1: Sketchup.
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Step B: Cut some wood.
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Step "time to stop counting": Paint said wood. I like Rustoleum's oil based Semi-gloss Black.
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Time to start putting the pieces together. The frame is just 2x4s. The back board is 1/2" particle board wrapped in black felt, and secured to the frame with wood screws and finish washers (these little guys rock).
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One mostly done.
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Multiplied by a factor of four...
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Added some of the scrap 1/2" plywood on the backs of the bases to keep the stands up against the crests of the sheet metal ridges. Also added some support braces to the bases.
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Lowe's has the best cost effective solution I've found for dartboard lighting. These clip-on LED lamps work great.
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The soft tip boards also got an upgrade to international color segments during this time...
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A good friend of mine has a 48" printer that I put to good use for banners 'n ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---...
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Here you can see the carpet oche for the soft tip boards. The distance from the oche to board surface for steel tip is 2 3/4" closer, hence the sticker oches on the floor for the steel tip boards. These stickers drove me nuts during the short time they were installed. I had to come up with another solution...
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Finally! A decent use for LED T-molding!
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But how? Internationally, raised oches are the norm for steel tip. But I didn't want to build bulky boxes. 3/4" particle board will work...
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Four raised oches cut to width...
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Then I cut them to length. All cuts were made with a router and flush trim bit. Cut the t-molding slots on the front edges. Ran wiring harnesses down the sides. Wrapped em up in carpet (was on sale at Menards for 27 cents a sq ft). And installed the t-molding.
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While waiting on the slow boat from China, I threw some scrap LED strips in to see the effect...
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The RGB strips and controllers showed up... But they failed to send me the power supplies I ordered...
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Installed RGB LED strips on the backs of the stands. Secured the strips with hot glue (that 3M adhesive sucks).
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Some soldering occurred...
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Fancy...
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Sourced some power supplies state side...
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And BEHOLD! Boards on the floor!
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Shoot well!
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