Saturday, June 24, 2023

Custom checkers set



My wife makes quilts and various other sewn things. She came up with the idea to make quilted checkerboards for some of our grandkids. 







The back side is a tic-tac-toe board. The design includes zippered pockets to store the game pieces. 








I designed and 3D printed the checkers. They are simple cylinders with a rim, and with the family's last initial embossed on the top. 







Checkers need to stack and connect (for when they get king-ed). Instead of the interlocking zigzags that you see on molded checkers, I decided to use four pegs and holes. The holes are small enough to print without causing support problems. The pegs are about as small as I can go without them globbing up. They really work well - pretty easy to connect, and they stay together during play.











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