Build a Ladder Ball Golf Game!
October 15, 2007 by
Filed under Made From PVC, Toys, build, featured
Here is another project for our series of how to build toys. This one is a game, one that has recently become popular under many names. I think the most commonly accepted name is ladder ball, but I have seen it referred to as Norwegian Golf, bolo ball, bola ball, hillbilly horseshoes and many others. The game consists of throwing bolas (golf balls on a rope) at a ladder structure; see the Wikipedia page for more information about ladder ball. This is another project that is built almost entirely from pvc pipe, which I find to be incredibly easy to work with and inexpensive to purchase. The project is split into two parts; in the first part, we will build the ladder structure and in the second part, we will make the balls, or bola that are thrown at the ladder structure.
How to build the ladder structure can be found here!
How to make the Bolas can be found here!
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John on Mon, 15th Oct 2007 9:29 pm
This is so much better than the games you can buy from your favorite retail outlet (i.e. Walmart). I was playing with one of those cheap “manufactured” games with the oversized “golf balls” this summer and one of the balls flew off the rope…..costing me the game – and a fair portion of pride! No amount of Liquid nails or hot glue could remedy the poorly made construction.
Thanks to justbuildstuff I now can create a sturdy, inexpensive, enjoyable game that will last for years.
justbuildstuff.com » Build a Ladder Ball Golf Game- Build The Ladder! on Tue, 16th Oct 2007 8:05 am
[...] Yesterday we introduced the ladder golf ball game and today we are going to go over how to build the ladder structure. The ladder structures are built out of 3/4″ PVC pipe (note that 3/4″ PVC pipe has a 3/4″ inside diameter and approximately a 1 inch outside diameter). To build Two of the ladder structures you need to buy the following items from you local home center. [...]
Alan on Mon, 4th May 2009 3:26 am
Awesome instructions, easy to make, tons of fun. No cement is needed to keep the parts together.