by Michael Banzhaf

Created on: April 18, 2009

The making of a portable baseball pitching mound is a very simple project. If you have basic woodworking knowledge the project could be completed in about 3 hours and ready for use the next day. The tool list needed for the portable pitching mound includes a power screwdriver, tape measure, and a circular saw. The other items needed to complete the project include safety glasses, saw horses, pencil, and sand paper. Now to the actual hardware needed, a box of deck screws, one sheet of 3/4 inch thick x 8 feet x 4 feet sheet of plywood, two boards measuring 10 feet long x 2 inches thick x 6 inches wide, one board of 4 feet long x 6 inches wide x 1 inch thick, 2 bottles of the super strength wood glue, and a 4 foot by 8 foot piece of artificial grass/turf. Some special additions/finishing touches to the project will depend on your individual needs and will be discussed at the end of this article.

The first step in putting the portable pitching mound together is to draw a line to follow for the cutting of the plywood into two pieces. This cut is made by measuring two feet from the end of the long length of the plywood making a four foot by two foot section and a four foot by six foot section. Once this cut is made, sand the cut edges of both pieces. Set these pieces off to the side as they will become the top and the landing area for the pitcher.

The second step is to take the two 8 foot boards and measuring two feet from the end of one corner and making the same measurement on the diagonally opposite corner. Now that you have these two marks, use the straight edge of the other board to draw a diagonal line from one of the two foot marks to the opposite two foot mark on each of the boards. These diagonal lines will become your next cut. Make the cut so these boards will look like a large wedge with two feet that have nothing cut off. Sand all four edges of the newly cut pieces. These will become the supports for the plywood sheets cut earlier. You are now done with making cuts.

The next step is to start the assembly process. Take the four wedge looking pieces and stand them on the two inch edge with the sloped edge facing up. Take the four foot by six inch board and stand it on its one inch edge at the opposite end of the wedges. Take the glue and run a bead along the end of 0ne of the four wedges. Take three deck screws and screw the four foot by six inch board to the end of one of the wedge with the glue. Make sure the wedge board is lined up with the end of the

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