#Making a backyard jenga professional
He has several years experience as a professional cabinet builder, and he is an accomplished auto repairman, having operated an auto repair business for many years. He built every permanent building on his current homestead and did all the plumbing and electrical work. He is experienced in wood and metal construction, having designed and built several houses and metal buildings. He has been DIY since childhood and is now a septuagenarian. The nice thing about this game is there is only one loser-all the other participants are winners! Whoever pulls the piece that makes the tower fall is the loser. Be careful-it gets harder as the game goes on. If successfully pulled out without the tower falling, they will place their piece on the top of the tower. The first player carefully slides out one piece from anywhere in the tower except the top layer. Continue layering until all your blocks are stacked to a towering nine levels high. Lay your first layer in one direction, and your second layer in the opposite direction. If adults are playing, then stacking them on a picnic table could also work.Įach layer is three blocks wide. If you are lucky enough to have a patio or paved driveway, you won’t need the block. To help keep them level, use a 12x12 flat-faced patio block. If smaller kids are playing, you may want to stack them on the ground. Stacking your game pieces is important to the game. You will want your game pieces to slide effortlessly. When outdoors, humid air may cause painted or varnished pieces to stick to each other. Whatever you decide, do not paint or varnish the game pieces. Make sure they are completely dry before stacking them. If you want to make your game more colorful, you could stain each piece. Any burrs or rough edges will hamper your game. The sawn ends will need extra special attention. The pieces must be able to slide easily when stacked together. And a hand saw…well, you know you'll be aching tomorrow-that’s a lot of sawing! Step 2 - Sand the Wood Just be careful that you are at a 90-degree angle and not off on some wild tangent. A circular saw is the next best thing if you don’t have a chop saw. If you're using a chop saw, you can be done with the cutting in no time at all. If you measure out 10 1/2 inches all the way down your board and don’t allow for the width of your blade, you will have uneven pieces. Although it's slightly more time-consuming, I prefer to measure each cut after the previous cut.
When you're measuring, be sure to allow for the width of the blade you're using. When you're done with all your cuts, you'll have 54 blocks that will make up your new backyard game. Each board should yield nine Jenga pieces (with a little piece of board left over). Each Jenga piece is going to be 10 ½ inches long.
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