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I always thought a machined chess set could be nice. And something
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that non machining and non techno people would also enjoy looking at. It could even be viewed as an heirloom. I don't know if any plans exist for machining one, but Shopsmith has plans for a wood set. Of course, it's much easier to do the more free form work in wood, but given enough time, I think some very nice pieces could be made out of a couple of nice looking polished metals like perhaps aluminum and brass (or maybe bronze). Here is the Shopsmith page with the plan offer. Click on the places in the "index" box to see some simple drawings of the pieces. Of course, if you have CNC you have some advantages. I notice this place that talks about such a project out of different transparent color plastic... Here is a concept with fairly simple designs¡ Better yet, someone could design their own that lend themselves to mostly conventional machining activities, but perhaps still look interesting if the design is clever enough. A friend of mine who taught high school industrial arts had a nifty aluminum lighthouse project the class members would make. It had a base and a tapered body and some sort of interesting treatment at the top (maybe a little castle-like). The project involved scoring and serrating the body in a fashion so it looked like individual stones. Again, it's something that looks nice just sitting around as something decorative. I called him and he will see if he still has the plans for this or anything else. Chuck K. Quoting Bill Johnston <johnston@...>: This is a great opportunity to express an opinion that has been |
