I did a previous post on my first CNC linear rail upgrade, that was on my Y axis which has two drive motors. That upgrade was so impressive that I decided to next do an upgrade on the X axis, across the gantry. When I first made my machine I used the suggested aluminum angle […]
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We’re ready to finish out game boards. I’ve put on the finish coatings while the boards are apart, and they have dried enough that we can now mount hinges and our case magnets for holding the lids closed. The first thing I’m going to do is set up my drill press to drill out the
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I sell a few Mexican train domino sets on Etsy, and the complete set requires a full set of 12/12 dominoes, (that’s 91 tiles) and eight small train tokens which I obtain from Amazon, a center hub for the domino paths to start from and a nice wooden box to put all the handcrafted parts
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I have a few games that I make for online sale that features an engraved lid on thin plywood. I usually use Baltic birch for these panels as they have very few voids and carve well on my CNC. Here are a couple of examples… The one on the left is a finished box, the
In the backgammon posts I show doing the miter joint case and some pointers there that will also be included here, but this may bring to light some extras too. One of the first things I look at when putting the backgammon board case together is to show or display the best parts, and hide
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In the case construction posts we use splines that are placed into dovetail cut slots. These are designed to strengthen the miter joint that is glued, and also has thin stock, so there’s not a lot of glue area. While there is a bit of glue along the board inside the dado slots, the miters
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We’re ready to make the backgammon case, so we’re going to begin by machining the panels. We made flat stock in the previous part, so now it’s time to put the panels together. First we need to get the panels approximately the right length. I am cutting an approximate 45 on the ends, knowing they
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I make a lot of chess boards for my Etsy Shop, I’ve been able to sell them all over the U.S. and in other countries. My boards are fairly simple yet have an elegance that apparently people desire. I’ve been asked too many times to count about how hard it is to get all the
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This section shows sanding the laminated panels made for backgammon, but fits anything you’re using a drum sander on. I also use this method for sanding other larger panel projects like chess boards or cutting boards. Trying to get multiple species of wood level is sometimes difficult, and using a random orbit sander, even for
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We’re beginning the case construction phase of this project. For my cases, and this fits all my projects that require a case/box container, I begin with thicker material, usually in the rough. In the rough means it’s right from the mill, not surfaced, but usually will be over an inch in thickness. As you can
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