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Chess Set I

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Published on June 12, 2009
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Traditional (Staunton-style) chess set. The knight is a draft piece that I hope to revisit -- getting a recognizable horse-bust without exceeding the maximum overhang angles is hard.

Please note: my printer isn't here yet, so while I have sliced these models and inspected the tool paths that result, I haven't verified that they print properly on actual hardware. I would love feedback from any chess fans with printers! :-)

Instructions

All pieces so far print ready-to-use except the King, who traditionally has a cross on his crown. The cross prints beside him, and should be glued in place (divot provided).

Note that the pieces are mathematically lathed, and the perimeter loops have a large number of vertices. This is a recipe for trouble if your printer slows down on high-detail areas. For a MakerBot, I've had good results by printing from SD card, and very bad results over serial.
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faberdasher on August 9, 2011 said:

Amazing! Certainly a classic. :-D Hope you don't mind but have featured it on a blog.

http://www.faberdashery.co.uk/...

Anonymous on June 28, 2011 said:

When printing the set, of which I am greatly indebted to you, I came across an interesting problem. It would seem as though your rook and queen have gaping holes in the sides, allowing for the most graphicly violent games of chess, but is a poor contributer to stability! This may be a problem with my program, Catalyst EX, opening the stl files, but I was wondering if there was a certain method for keeping them together. Any insight is greatly appreciated.

Anonymous on July 24, 2009 said:

This is great. I really like the Bauhaus set too. I might try to model it up and save $300: http://www.chess-shop.com/deta.... Will post it if I do.

cbiffle on July 28, 2009 said:

Be careful not to stomp on any IP, the last thing we need is a reputation as cheap cloners. Designing your own set is much more fun.

Anonymous on July 9, 2009 said:

Instead of printing the knight standing up, try taking the standard 3D model, cut it in half, and print each side from the flat middle. This should avoid the overhang problem, and upon gluing the pieces together, it should look pretty good.

cbiffle on July 28, 2009 said:

Not a bad idea -- I'd much prefer to make it one-piece printable if possible. I suspect I can do something clever. What it really comes down to is that I'm not a great sculptor for organic forms like horse heads. I'm an engineer. :-)

mr_seeker on June 13, 2009 said:

I started working on the pawns, they look very good in ABS (except for the bottom, but its just my fault). I will upload pictures when I finished it all.

cbiffle on June 14, 2009 said:

Way cool, looking forward to seeing your results!

Anonymous on June 13, 2009 said:

I have a *really* long build queue at the moment, but I'll put this on it. Boy, those black ABS coils from MakerBot Industries are starting to look tempting...

cbiffle on June 13, 2009 said:

Alternatively, pick up some black vinyl dye. It's worked great on ABS for me in the past.

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