1st Time for Everything

[Oka]

My wife asked me to make a tap dancing platform.Yup she tap dances. Nothing hard, but never made one before.
The only real challenge was finding the hardware and the support pad to make it standoff the floor. This increases the platform response, makes it more like a drum head.
The main issue was to make it light. Each side is less than 20 lbs so she could lift and move it.

I used Maple ply with 4 coats of Waterlox, the Penncom platform locks (preferred the butterfly latches, but this is what she wanted), K-flex HVAC rubber insulation (same as Rubitex). I also used dowels to help keep the center from sagging.

Anyway the pixs says it all.

 

[kelLOGg]

I'd like to see her tap dance. How else do we know it works?

 

[ssmith]

Ya just never know what you’ll find on this forum. LoL.

That’s a really novel way to hold the sections together. May be able to use it in other applications. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Tom from Clayton]

My wife took tap as a child. At 76 she can still do the buffalo step all the way across a room. I do not encourage this!

 

[Oka]

Too late .........

 

[drw]

Casey, that is really innovative, it is very apparent that you put a lot of thought into the project. Thank you for sharing.