How To Make A Beam Mat

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How to make a beam mat.

Hope you guys enjoyed this video. From a traditional 3 beam and 4 beam rig mat. Then use wood screws to fasten four 12 inch pieces of 2x4 planks into the holders for the legs. Click here to see the post on how to make a doll balance beam.

To train under the great bela karolyi and to be the next mary lou. Next pad and cover your beam. I choose to use the pink duck tape to coordinate with the gymnastics mat for this set but i have also made the beam in other colors as well. I ended up finding yoga mats at walmart for 4.

When the glue has dried sand the wood and mount angle holders underneath the ends of your balance beam. We finished with floor in her yard as well. If you did please give it a big thumbs up and don t forget to like and subscribe. To make a balance beam first glue six 8 foot pieces of wood together for the top.

While you could make a beam that long this tutorial is for 8 feet because we needed something easy to transport and store. It will always return to shape if bent twisted or dropped see figure 1 independent. The rig mat core wrapped in traditional i beam steel is stronger and stiffer than a 4 beam rig mat. My house became the beam house while my friend s home two doors down was the bars house her father had used pvc pipe to build a set of bars in their basement.

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