Getting ready to fix that volleyball engineer board floor thing

So this volleyball engineer board thing was sitting in my garage for like three weeks, all parts scattered around. Figured it’s time to finally put the damn wooden flooring together. Dug through my tool pile and grabbed the basics: hammer, measuring tape, wood glue, that bag of screws. Realized halfway I forgot my safety goggles – smart move, huh?

The messy start of assembling stuff

Started by dragging all the wooden planks outta the packaging. Man those things were heavy! Got my measuring tape and started marking where to cut. First board? Chopped it like two inches too short. Second try? Messed up the angle. Third time’s the charm I guess – finally got a decent cut. Dumped wood glue all over the edges and smeared it around with my fingers. Looked like a toddler’s art project.

Then came the real headache:

• Hammered my thumb instead of the nail – twice
• Dropped the entire box of screws (took 20 mins to find em under the workbench)
• Realized boards didn’t line up after gluing – had to pry em apart with a crowbar

Sweat dripping everywhere, wood shavings in my hair – total disaster zone. Had to walk away before I smashed something. Drank a beer. Came back later feeling less pissed.

When things actually started working

Made a smarter move – actually measured TWICE before cutting. Used clamps to hold pieces together while screwing. Slowly but surely, the flooring shape appeared. Hammered support beams underneath and heard that satisfying THUNK sound when pieces locked right. Even remembered to sand down rough edges this time!

Finally seeing the damn thing finished

Took me two whole afternoons but voila! Stood back looking at this wooden monstrosity feeling kinda proud. Tested it by jumping on the center – held up just fine! Still needs some polish and maybe varnish later, but for now? It’s holding volleyballs without collapsing. Better than I expected after that glue disaster earlier. Moral of the story? Beer helps assembly projects. And measure twice, moron.