Chessbot Hero (Formerly Action Chess V3)
Description
Update 2: I've been making a lot of little changes that I realize I never uploaded here. So now I have. V3.1 for your consuming pleasure. All pieces are now the latest version. If you want the old version, I don't know why, you can still get the plate.
Featuring improved couplers for easier assembly and disassembly, better proportions and appearance, and a more printable design.
Carry your chess set to your next game in the coolest way possible.
This thing was made largely in tinkercad and can be edited online at tinkercad.com/things/9EMMYZIfQwy
Instructions
* Forming the head and body by sliding the queen's tab into the middle of the king and sliding down.
* Form shoulders by sliding in the two flat bottomed pawns into the body.
* Form feet and legs by mating two of the pawns base-to-base and attaching the knights to one end. Then join the legs to the body at the hips.
* Form the arms by mating one pawn base-to-base with the rook, and the bishop to the pawn. (Detail lovers will make sure the fingers are in the right place.) Then snap the rook into the shoulder pawn.
Disassemble by reversing the steps to play chess.
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hi i keep getting slicing errorswhen i generate the g code and my prints di not comwe out at all. have been using default settingsfor with skeinforge 50. was wondering what i was doing wrong. could it be that my z hweight is all worng
I've been reading your blog and watching this progress! What do you have in mind for an opponent? I was just going to print 1 colour of each :)
I'm new to 3D printing, but this "Thing" really looks nice!
Just wondering what settings you recommend for printing this on your Replicator? Infill %, layer height etc... I just upgraded to v5.4 of the firmware seems to print much better! The added speed of up to 80mm/s is nice :)
Ben
That's a lot of questions. Thanks for reading the blog.
I pretty much use the defaults for this. 1 extra shell. 10% infill works file, tho I've been favoring 20% lately. I've worked really hard on making this an easy print.
As for the opponent you can get an idea by looking at https://tinkercad.com/things/2..., however there's a lot of work to
do with joints and design. I really like the knights, but I need to update the joints and change the mating of the king and queen to take up less space. Basically, that's the idea but back to the drawing board.
Fantastic! Really nice to watch this develop (and glad to know that you're up and printing again).
License
This is awesome!
In your instructions for the legs, though, I think you meant knights rather than rooks.
Edit'd.