I finally scratched an itch and built an all-wood version of my Chariot Race game! This is all made on the Glowforge with the exception of the dice and pegs.
I haven’t yet mastered kerf adjustments, so this is all kiss-fit. (I didn’t mind the extra space as it made glueing pretty easy.) Curious: what type of adjustment do people typically make on the Glowforge? I also didn’t bother to make the fine adjustments needed to hide some of the edges of the laminate around the sides of the box (although the top does a fair job of hiding the top edges).
Here are the chariot boards. They’re each made of a different pairing of proofgrade woods:
Thanks PrintToLaser. I’ll have to try making some simple boxes adjusting for kerf to see what it’s like to fit them together with friction rather than glue.
Love your board games. The holes to see the dice is very cool. Glad you got a glowforge to extend your creativity. We volunteered and ran a board game program after school group for several years at the local library. Our age range was 8-12 year old kids and we would teach and run the games. Our kids played too. Your games were amongst the favorites. Thank you for what you do.
Wonderful job Matt. Do you take it for the GOF in April ? I will be happy to see it directly and exchange some words how you have done it.
I’m really impressed.
Yes, I’ll be bringing it there so you can check it out.
I cut another entire set out of just 2 sheets of baltic birch yesterday (a much simpler design) to bring as well. I was able to put that set together in about an hour – much faster than the 3 days or so this one took!
