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How to Make a Bolo Ball Game

Nothing gets an outdoor get-together going like a few team yard games, and the ladder, or ̶0;Bolo-toss," game is fast becoming a party favorite. Its beauty is its simplicity, so much so that you can build your own bolo-toss game with just a few dollars and some elbow grease.

You can pick up the materials for this project at almost any hardware store, and you can modify the design in any way you like, from a different number of rungs to decorative colors.

Things You'll Need

Five 10-foot-long sticks of 3/4 inch PVC pipe
Small saw
Bench vise
Twelve 3/4 inch PVC ̶0;T̶1; fittings
Twelve 3/4 inch PVC 90 degree fittings
Power drill
¼ inch drill bit
Golf balls
25 feet of nylon rope

Instructions

- 1
  Cut half of the PVC pipes into 18 2-foot-long pieces and the other half into 12 1-foot-long pieces. Use the bench vise to secure the pipes during cutting for straight, smooth cuts.
- 2
  Connect three 2-foot-long pieces together with 90-degree fittings to form an open-sided square. Duplicate this construction a second time, and connect the two with a pair of ̶0;T̶1; fittings, forming your ladder̵7;s base.
- 3
  Connect three 1-foot-long pieces together with ̶0;T̶1; fittings and cap one end with a 90-degree fitting. Duplicate this construction a second time and connect the two with three 2-foot pieces to form the rungs of the ladder.
- 4
  Fit the bottom of the ladder construction into the two open ̶0;T̶1; fitting slots in the base structure.
- 5
  Clamp a pair of golf balls (one after another) into the bench vise and drill a hole through the center of each. Repeat for as many bolos as you̵7;d like to make.
- 6
  Connect each pair of golf balls with a length of 20-inch nylon rope and tie a knot in each end.

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