I've made a few sets of these before, was there anything that you were having difficulty with? You just need to decide what dimension of timber you wish to use. If you are looking to add color, consider tintable stain or wood dye.Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community It's great to have you join us and many thanks for your question. Sometimes paint can stick to other painted surfaces, and will make the blocks unplayable. At this point you can stain the blocks if you’d like. A quick jump from a splinter is bound to make someone knock over the blocks, giving you the victory!). This will allow for the blocks to pull out smoother while playing and also help prevent splinters (although, having some unsanded blocks could make for a nice homefield advantage. If you didn’t sand already, be sure to do so now. Touch up the boards by sanding the rough edges.
#MAKE A GIANT JENGA GAME FULL#
unless of course your lumber is full of big, nasty knots, at which point, you probably should have selected better lumber. You should have plenty of lumber to cut around large knots, etc. Pay close attention to knocks and irregularities in your lumber while cutting. Trust me, you definitely want a stop for this.Ĭut 2x3s into 54 short 7.5″ long blocks. I took a scrap 1×4 board and clamped it to my fence. If you’re saw doesn’t have a stop, you can do what I did. This will make cutting much faster and a lot more accurate. This way I can get the sanding done 5x and then just touch up the ends after cutting.Ĭreate a stop on your miter saw 7.5″. I didn’t want to try and do a thorough sand on 54 different blocks. I did this first so it would save me time later. safety gear (hearing protection, safety glasses, etc.).Finishing supplies (stain, paint, etc.).See honey? I told you I’d use it someday!)
(1) 1x12x12 board for a bottom base (optional- I just used a scrap board. This is such a simple build I didn’t make a downloadable PDF, as I can’t imagine anyone needing it. That’s it! For a little more than $10 you are able to build a great summertime entertainment piece! The Plans: You will need (5) 2x3x8 boards, and here in Reno they are about $2 a board. In thinking of the design, I felt that 2x4s are wider and a wider blocks may create additional stability, and the blocks may not fall when they normally would, so 2x3s it was! It is almost as if 2x3s were designed specifically for Jenga! I could have used 2x4s, but since Jenga is highly based on gravity and physics, I felt using the same ratio the actual game uses to be important. If your mathematically challenged like me, just replace centimeters with inches and low and behold, there are your measurement! Turns out I needed (54) 2×3 blocks cut at 7.5″ long. If you’re reading this, Hi Mom!), nor am I any good at unit conversion (I actually have a calculator on my phone for that), but this was the kind of math even I could do. Now, I’m no mathematician (my mom can attest to that. Each block is three times as long as its width, and one fifth as thick as its length 1.5 × 2.5 × 7.5 cm (0.59 × 0.98 × 2.95 in). I went to Wikipedia and found the following: After laughing quite hysterically for what seemed like half of June, I decided to look up the size of the blocks to see if I could build them out of some 2x4s. I looked them up and found them priced at close to $100. The first idea I had was for a giant Jenga set. Being BBQ season, I decided having some outdoor games would be fun, but I didn’t want to spend too much on them either. Over the last year we’ve been adding to our yard, making it more for us and for entertaining. Don’t get me wrong, I like summer, and I enjoy going to the lake and doing things outdoors, but something about constant 100-degree or near 100-degree days drives me crazy. But all is not lost, summer is also time for barbeques with friends and family!!! For years, our backyard has been dedicated to our kids, but as they’ve gotten older, they used the yard less and less. The time for heatstroke, sun burns, and sticky stinky smelly sweat dripping all over your projects. Stay in the loop! Be sure to follow-me on Instagram and Facebook! You can also follow me on Pinterest to see what I’m inspired by and find inspiration of your own!Īhhhh, summer.
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