Build A Balance Beam

Generally a professional beam is approximately 16 feet long 4 inches wide and 5 inches thick.

Build a balance beam.

Kevin ran out and picked up an 8 foot long 4x4. A good friend of mine approached me about making a balance beam. I think they are used for fencing. One of the two pieces of gym equipment she has been asking for was a balance beam.

Use a chisel to remove the excess and smooth the recess with sandpaper. A traditional beam is also sixteen feet long. Cut the ends of the beams at 45 degrees as shown in the diagram. To make a balance beam first glue six 8 foot pieces of wood together for the top.

Built this balance beam last night your instructions were awesome. You can also try using felt old clothes that you ve cut to fit the size of your balance beam an old bed cover or duvet cover that you ve cut to fit the size of your balance beam. If you want to add a bit of width you can clamp glue and screw a 1 4 to the side of the beam but keep in mind once you add the 5mm foam to pad the beam later it will add nearly a half inch to the width. Cover your balance beam with synthetic suede.

The 15 minute home balance beam. Finish your balance beam by covering it with synthetic suede padding. Making a balance beam. Reply mj s mom december 13 2015.

Then use wood screws to fasten four 12 inch pieces of 2x4 planks into the holders for the legs. Professional balance beams are manufactured using a variety of synthetic material in addition to wood. A regulation balance beam is 4 inches wide. Any of these should make a fine balance beam covering.

Since ours is mainly going to be for practice purposes you can compromise with the length a bit but do make sure that the. Sturdy balance beams start around 180 200 on the web. It s just a simple homemade toy no guarantees for your child s safety if you copy this. While you could make a beam that long this tutorial is for 8 feet because we needed something easy to transport and store.

Building the base supports. A few minutes later she. Build the base for the balance beam from 4 4 lumber. It is 3 5 inches by 3 5 inches.

You made my 6 yr olds budding gymnast birthday. Make a stable base for your balance beam by attaching one 24 inch piece of 2x4 plank to the bottom of each leg. It s not high off the ground however nor is it padded or super safe. When the glue has dried sand the wood and mount angle holders underneath the ends of your balance beam.

In addition you need to make a notch to the middle of the supports as shown in the plans. He sawed two equal feet out of scrap wood. He danielle nailed them on. However since we are building one for home use or at best for practice we will concentrate on making a beam with a pure wooden base.

Glue up some 2x4 s and attach some legs and boom.