How To Make A Beam Mat

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How to make a beam mat.

Click here to see the post on how to make a doll balance beam. To make a balance beam first glue six 8 foot pieces of wood together for the top. We finished with floor in her yard as well. The steel becomes necessary only to protect the outside of the rig mat from external damage.

Next it s time to pad the balance beam to cushion your little one s feet. While you could make a beam that long this tutorial is for 8 feet because we needed something easy to transport and store. 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. If you did please give it a big thumbs up and don t forget to like and subscribe.

Hope you guys enjoyed this video. To train under the great bela karolyi and to be the next mary lou. Then use wood screws to fasten four 12 inch pieces of 2x4 planks into the holders for the legs. 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.

I ended up finding yoga mats at walmart for 4. For the balance beam to go with the mat i followed the directions from karen doll diaries. When the glue has dried sand the wood and mount angle holders underneath the ends of your balance beam. The rig mat core wrapped in traditional i beam steel is stronger and stiffer than a 4 beam rig mat.

From a traditional 3 beam and 4 beam rig mat.