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Got tired of friends missing the board and hitting the wall in my newly finished bar. I went to the office supply store ad bought the largest peg board they had. I ripped off the cheap plastic frame and cut it to size with a razor knife. Unfortunately, the cork was only about 1/4" thick so, I backed it with a piece of 2" rigid foam insulation. Wrapped the entire thing with pine and drilled a few holes in the bottom trim to store the darts. Sprayed it with a few coats of Krylon gloss black. It's hung with a French cleat.

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That is super cool Jason. Very creative.

Next time you need cork board, look for a product called Novacork. It is a product made by the Homasote company. It is basically cork veneered onto 1/2" homasote. Homasote is nothing but a dense compressed paper product that is usually used in sound proofing in commercial buildings.

Have fun playing darts. I am waiting for the day that I can set something like that up in my house.
 

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Jason looks great. I'll keep this idea in mind.
Can't wait to finish my basement to get my dart board back on the wall.

Welcome to Lumber Jocks btw.

CtL
 

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That should save the walls! Good job.
 

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I'd still miss the board.

You made the process sound like it took you 5 min. to do - including the drive time!!
Impressive end result.
 

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Looks good and does what it's supposed to. Sounds like a success to me. Good work.
 

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Necessity is the mother if make it up to function. Well done
 

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Very classy. The black paint was a good choice.
 

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that is vary nice i am comeing over to play some darts just kidding that is vary nice keep on working hard jason k
 

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Very Nice… Now all I have to do is find a room to throw darts in for my own board.
 

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Jason looks great.a nice job.
 

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I'm curious if you framed out the cork on the wall or if you mounted it on a board and then framed it out? This is my weekend project thanks for the nice photo

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Thanks dadw3boys,

The 'base' layer is 1/2" ply, then a layer of 1/2" foam insulation then the cork. There is a ring of 1/2" ply around the foam layer that I used as a nailer for the exposed trim. The entire unit is pretty heavy so I hung it with a French cleat that spans the entire back of the board. Good luck this weekend!
 

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I admired your backboard so much, I'm making one myself. I'm rounding up the materials and was wondering what are the measurements of your board? I was guessing it was 4' x 4' but I can't find a place that sells cork that large. Can you help me out?
 

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Thanks, nickimata99.

For the cork, I purchased a large bulletin board form my local office supply and cut it down to size. You are correct, the board is roughly 4X4.

The bulletin board works great but can be pricy. A less expensive alternate was to use 12" stick on cork tiles but I preferred to not have the seams.
 

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How did you secure the dart board to the surround? Did you put screws all the way through to the back ply?
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Unfortunately, this has been so long ago I don't honestly recall. But… I believe that I ran a 1×6 across the center in the back then screwed the board on from the back side.
 
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