How To Make A Beam 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.

How to make a beam mat. 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. 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. For the balance beam to go with the mat i followed the directions from karen doll diaries. If you did please give it a big thumbs up and don t forget to like and subscribe. Then use wood screws to fasten four 12 inch pieces of 2x4 planks into the holders for the legs.

To train under the great bela karolyi and to be the next mary lou. I ended up finding yoga mats at walmart for 4. From a traditional 3 beam and 4 beam rig mat. It will always return to shape if bent twisted or dropped see figure 1 independent.

Next pad and cover your beam. Hope you guys enjoyed this video. I searched and searched and padding and foam was so expensive. The rig mat core wrapped in traditional i beam steel is stronger and stiffer than a 4 beam rig mat.

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