Dart board surround/cabinet

[jongunz]

I had an electronic dartboard in our game room.  It was fun but the bounce outs were a tad too annoying for me so I decided to get a bristle board.  I saw a website that has these cool wooden cabinets or surrounds and figured I could make one myself.  Here's a couple of pictures of what I built.  The website of inspiration was http://www.snypergames.com  the LC-10 cabinet was the one I liked so I sort of copied it but didn't do the light hood because I didn't want wires hanging down the wall.  Instead I just added a shelf under the main cabinet to hold any cases, chalk, sharpeners, flights etc.  Anyway its been a fun project and only took a couple of days to get setup.  I just need to put some polyurethane to cover the ebony stain and then mount it on the wall.  I need a better option for the carpeted backing in the middle, but haven't found anything else.  It's just a floormat I got from Lowes that I cut.  I would like a different color option but haven't found anything yet.

Day 1: Cut wood and fastened together.



Day 2: added dart holders to the left, side molding, and stained

[brianm13]

Very nice. This is a project on my todo list as well. For the backing, maybe some pool table felt or something?

How did you get the notches in the wood? Router?

[jongunz]

I used a jigsaw to notch out the wood.  I only have a limited supply of power tools.  I also had to take a half inch off the middle of the vertical pieces to get it to sit flush with the top and bottom.  Wish I had a router table, and a table saw.  I do have a nice miter saw though so that helps.

[brlove]

This is a great idea for a smaller project.  I have a dartboard that has been sitting in storage for years and this seems like a fantastic way to get some use out of it.

[jongunz]

Finished and hanging in the gameroom!  came out great.  And there is plenty of room between the TV and board not to be a problem.

[yotsuya]

That looks great. Now do something about the wires on that TV. 

[Nephasth]

That looks great. Now do something about the wires on that TV. 

If pbj didn't go all awal, he'd have a decent reference idea...

[brianm13]

Thats awesome... good job! I hope mine comes out that well.

[jongunz]

Tv wires taken care of.  Had to run an outlet behind the tv and cut out two small sections of drywall to run the wire up there.  I have a roku player connected as there is no cable or sattelite wires ran to that room.  Looking to get a slingbox so you can watch any tv channel from upstairs down there via the roku.

[yotsuya]

Now THAT'S a wall!!!