I’ve sold most of my backgammon boards that were featured in the previous ‘how to build’ posts. So I started another run, this time I have 27 board in process. As I read through my previous posts I thought I might add some info on the panel construction. I have a few more pictures to […]
Pressing Backgammon Laminations Read More »
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
Backgammon Case Hardware Read More »
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
Miter Jointed Case Construction Read More »
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
Backgammon – Making spline stock Read More »
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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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
Backgammon – Panel Sanding Read More »
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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This is the last installment on the playing board construction, we’re going to move on to the case construction in the next segments. At this point the boards have been sitting in the press for a while, and they’ve been rough sanded level. Now it’s time to square them up and make sure all parts
Backgammon – How I make the playing board lamination Part 5 Read More »
This section is about the sanding and fitting of the panels. They have been in the lamination press for a week or so now, and ready to come out and have the tape removed. The picture below shows the tape as I’m taking it off, and you can see the amount of residue left by
Backgammon – How I make the playing board lamination Part 4 Read More »
In the last post we taped together the lamination for the playing board, now we need to put that onto a plywood panel so we can mount it into the case. The playing board will be the inside and the backer panel will be outside. The outside needs to look really good so I buy
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