We finished with floor in her yard as well.
How to make a beam mat.
I ended up finding yoga mats at walmart for 4.
Next it s time to pad the balance beam to cushion your little one s feet.
When the glue has dried sand the wood and mount angle holders underneath the ends of your balance beam.
The steel becomes necessary only to protect the outside of the rig mat from external damage.
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.
I searched and searched and padding and foam was so expensive.
It was the dream to make the u s.
While you could make a beam that long this tutorial is for 8 feet because we needed something easy to transport and store.
For the balance beam to go with the mat i followed the directions from karen doll diaries.
To make a balance beam first glue six 8 foot pieces of wood together for the top.
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To train under the great bela karolyi and to be the next mary lou.
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.
It will always return to shape if bent twisted or dropped see figure 1 independent.