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A lasercut box that holds 32 stacked chess pieces inside and unfolds into a playable chess board; can also be used for checkers
A lasercut box that holds 32 stacked chess pieces inside and unfolds into a playable chess board; can also be used for checkers
12 laser cut pieces
Sewing the board together
First finished prototype
Open box with pieces inside
Partially unfolded
Unfolded back side
unfolded front side, painted
ready to play
3D printed pieces
Second prototype: laser engraved pieces
Second finished prototype
Finished Products:
Finished Products:
Concentric squares in green, earth in light blue, and Fountain Valley School brand in red:
Two tree pattern boxes in brown and two galaxy pattern boxes in blue:
Project Files for different pattern ideas:
Project Files for different pattern ideas:
Here are some tests I did with different pattern ideas. This also served to show how detailed the laser cutters can be. The second and fourth from the left on the bottom row have a lot of fine dots and lines that were engraved clearly despite the complexity of the design.
Assembly Instructions
Assembly Instructions
Made by Luka Kimlicko
Can be printed and folded to fit inside box, on top of game pieces
aspen chessboard instructions.pdfCoffee and a morning chess game with the world-theme chessbox: blue and green game pieces, light turquoise string for the board.
Coffee and a morning chess game with the world-theme chessbox: blue and green game pieces, light turquoise string for the board.
Photo from Penny Steele and Josh Alford. Thanks!
Spring 2020
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