We had to cut or sand the bottom of the pieces anyway (because you can't get perfect bottom finishes with hand casting), so I made 3D printed jigs to hold the pieces perpendicular to the band saw blade. Now when you look and feel from outside, you can't see the fishing weight, the pieces look all resin, but they have hidden weights inside. But now you have a piece with a weird shape under it. The liquid resin covers and cures over it. Then when we put those T shaped pieces (same color with the pieces) on the final chess piece molds, the fishing weights suspend in the middle of the mold. I came up with the idea of making molds of T shaped custom designed pieces and casting the weights in those molds first. I spent months of ideating, prototyping and testing to find a way to put these weights inside the pieces during casting process. I tried using fishing weights but if you put the weights after you cast the pieces, the weight or the filler is exposed at the bottom. Not ready to make that investment yet, we went back to resin for material. Aluminum pieces had the perfect weight but resin casted pieces were very light.
Investment casted aluminum pieces look and feel great but to make thousands of these pieces, you really have to invest -wink wink- in tooling for injection molding so you don't have to hand cast wax, hand sand and polish. We did a few sets and played with them for a while to see how they felt. After you break the molds and release the aluminum pieces, there are still a few finishing processes that you have to do like sanding, polishing, painting, etc. The final step in this manufacturing process involves breaking the ceramic mold from the investment casting and cutting the parts from the tree. After pouring of the molten metal into the mold, the casting is allowed to set as the solidification process takes place. My take on more minimalistic chess set design in a compact formfactor. This causes the wax to flow out of the mold, leaving the cavity for the metal casting. Then the hardened ceramic mold is turned upside down and heated to a temperature of around 200F-375F (90C-175C).
The tree is then repeatedly dipped into the slurry to increase the thickness of the ceramic coat.
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The photo only shows the 6 different pieces of the set, but all 32 pieces (16 pawns, 4 rooks, 4 knights, 4 bishops, 2 queens and 2 kings) are included.
The game board, which is integrated into the table, is 14.5×14.5”, and the chessboard squares are 1.5” wide.īuilt with the game enthusiast in mind, this table includes a complete 32-piece natural-wood chess set, a 30-piece backgammon/checkers set, two pairs of dice, a doubling cube, and two brown wooden dice cups. This sale is for a 32 piece ceramic bisque Arnels Contemporary chess set. The pedestal base makes this table an ideal choice for a compact gaming space or small outdoor patio. The table’s dimensions are 18 × 18” in width and depth and 28.5” in height when fully assembled. The durable hardwood construction ensures a long lifespan with the proper care. What we don’t: Not a complete set - no chairs includedĪlthough not a complete set, this solid-wood table has three-in-one functionality - you can use it for chess, checkers, or backgammon. What we like: Reversible chess board table top - chess on one side, backgammon on the other Solid Wood 3 in 1 Chess Checkers Backgammon Board Game Combo Table