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I just got my first 3d printer and it has been going non-stop for the last 3 weeks I've owned it. After printing a bunch of figurines for my wife I decided I wanted my own one of a kind custom chess set.
I love telling this story though my wife hates it. In high school I was a member of the chess club and we played in the Texas chess federation where we were state ranked. So as a kid I was ranked in Texas for chess. I was 999 out of 1000 (or whatever the real number was). So I was not the worst. lol
Now for today, I was thinking a super cool chess board table would be awesome to display the equally awesome plastic chess pieces I modeled. I was all excited and made some quick plans in blender and excitedly took them to my wife for approval.
Her first question was, "how big is it?"
I said, "about 3 feet by 3 feet."
Her second question was, "where is it going?"
I said, "I'll get rid of some of the kid's stuff."
And...back to the drawing board. I am making a chess board that can be put away after it is used.
This is what I was originally going to start with as the rough design.
I did order some limba white lumber for the light squares. The dark squares will be purple heart. The carcass will be mahogany though It will be a different design. I also ordered some gancolo alves lumber so I'll have to see what I find the most pleasing combination.
I love telling this story though my wife hates it. In high school I was a member of the chess club and we played in the Texas chess federation where we were state ranked. So as a kid I was ranked in Texas for chess. I was 999 out of 1000 (or whatever the real number was). So I was not the worst. lol
Now for today, I was thinking a super cool chess board table would be awesome to display the equally awesome plastic chess pieces I modeled. I was all excited and made some quick plans in blender and excitedly took them to my wife for approval.
Her first question was, "how big is it?"
I said, "about 3 feet by 3 feet."
Her second question was, "where is it going?"
I said, "I'll get rid of some of the kid's stuff."
And...back to the drawing board. I am making a chess board that can be put away after it is used.
This is what I was originally going to start with as the rough design.
I did order some limba white lumber for the light squares. The dark squares will be purple heart. The carcass will be mahogany though It will be a different design. I also ordered some gancolo alves lumber so I'll have to see what I find the most pleasing combination.