So a very simple project, but I over think and over research. I can’t find the answers to what I’m pondering so figured I’d ask here one there’s some smart guys here.
Making a 4x4 or so tap dancing board for my daughter who made her dance company. It’ll be birch or some hard plywood.
Was thinking of gluing gym mat or something similar to the bottom to give it a little spring and cushion, to protect and give grip to the floor it’s on, and to make it a little quieter if she ever uses it on hardwood.
Would you make the rubber mat underneath be the entire size of the platform? Would you make it in strips and not cover the entire bottom? For any reason, grip, noise, etc, one way make more sense than another?
I’d found many people use simple cheap foam interlocking flooring underneath, like letter block flooring for a little kids play room, but I feel like that’d be slippery if it were ever on hardwood. I don’t want this to be heavy, looking for 1/2 birch plywood as everything says 1/4 is probably too weak, but even though I want it light weight, I thought the interlocking foam tiles wouldn’t be the right choice.
Any advice or considerations appreciated!
Making a 4x4 or so tap dancing board for my daughter who made her dance company. It’ll be birch or some hard plywood.
Was thinking of gluing gym mat or something similar to the bottom to give it a little spring and cushion, to protect and give grip to the floor it’s on, and to make it a little quieter if she ever uses it on hardwood.
Would you make the rubber mat underneath be the entire size of the platform? Would you make it in strips and not cover the entire bottom? For any reason, grip, noise, etc, one way make more sense than another?
I’d found many people use simple cheap foam interlocking flooring underneath, like letter block flooring for a little kids play room, but I feel like that’d be slippery if it were ever on hardwood. I don’t want this to be heavy, looking for 1/2 birch plywood as everything says 1/4 is probably too weak, but even though I want it light weight, I thought the interlocking foam tiles wouldn’t be the right choice.
Any advice or considerations appreciated!