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.
Step B: Cut some wood.
Step "time to stop counting": Paint said wood. I like Rustoleum's oil based Semi-gloss Black.
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).
One mostly done.
Multiplied by a factor of four...
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.
Lowe's has the best cost effective solution I've found for dartboard lighting. These clip-on LED lamps work great.
The soft tip boards also got an upgrade to international color segments during this time...
A good friend of mine has a 48" printer that I put to good use for banners 'n ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---...
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...
Finally! A decent use for LED T-molding!
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...
Four raised oches cut to width...
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.
While waiting on the slow boat from China, I threw some scrap LED strips in to see the effect...
The RGB strips and controllers showed up... But they failed to send me the power supplies I ordered...
Installed RGB LED strips on the backs of the stands. Secured the strips with hot glue (that 3M adhesive sucks).
Some soldering occurred...
Fancy...
Sourced some power supplies state side...
And BEHOLD! Boards on the floor!
Shoot well!